#Human rights NGOs

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

There is an excellent paper at JCPA showing how the EU spent over 1.8 billion euros to promote gender equality among women in the West Bank and Gaza - when the Palestinian Authority and Hamas are explicitly against women's rights.

As I looked a little deeper, I saw that Spain spent €300,000 on "Building a life free of violence against women in Area C of the Governorates of Bethlehem" in 2022. I wondered exactly what the problem is in Area C specifically, which is under Israeli security control.

According to UN documents and others, there is a real problem Since the Palestinian Authority police cannot operate in Area C, some abusive men flee to Area C to avoid being arrested. Also, Arabs who live in those areas do not have to worry about being prosecuted for abusing their wives because of the security vacuum.

So what can be done? 

One NGO report summarized recommendations, mostly to add a Palestinian police presence in Area C - which would erode Israel's security control over the area and endanger Israeli citizens. 

If Israel occupies those areas under international law, then Israel should be responsible for enforcing all laws including domestic violence among Arabs. Why do no NGOs demand Israeli police arrest Arab wife beaters? If the Israeli police aren't doing their legal obligations, shouldn't there be demands for them to step up? When I was reading about this problem, that was my first thought - this is under Israel's jurisdiction and therefore Israel's responsibility.

So why don't any NGOs or the UN demand Israel adhere to international law?

Because they hate Israel and would prefer Palestinian women be beaten and abused rather than support more Israeli security control over areas it already has control over. 

To be sure, Palestinian women are reluctant to go to Israeli police, even in Arab areas of Jerusalem. A Palestinian NGO explains: "If a woman tries to go to the [Israeli] police, the family and community stigmatize her for going to the occupation and harming her family."

But that does not absolve Israel of doing everything it can to prosecute crimes in areas it controls. That is international law. Israeli police have problems in Arab communities in Israel as well, but they have to solve the problem nevertheless - and they also need to in all areas under their control.

I cannot find one NGO that constantly accuses Israel of violating international law to uphold that same law when the lives of Arab women are at stake.

No, instead of insisting that these areas are "occupied" and therefore Israeli security must prosecute Arab abusers of women, they say that Israel must allow a separate, hostile police force into its territory - which erodes Israel's control of the area, and which is their real goal, just as the EU builds illegal Arab buildings, especially schools, specifically in Area C knowing that they will be torn down for being built without permits. 

Even for "human rights" NGOs, hating Israel is more important than women's lives.

[creativemedianews]

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[eretzyisrael]

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[xialite]

Drawing NGOs that I have designed

I’m probably going to be drawing more of them to come lmao, anyways:

Those are World Economic Forum(yes there are two WEF Representatives), Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International

[soath]

vox machina: half of a coed secret society currently facing university crackdown due to excessive rowdiness and flagpole scaling get a sizable townhouse; there they handle lizard escapes, child support requests, police scrutiny, many villainous professors, and members who won't stop getting engaged to each other.

the mighty nein: paranoid houseboat owners renting the absolutely cheapest moorings at a marina in a midsized european canal city band together against judgemental neighbors/local boat safety inspections/the concept of decay/ecosystem degradation in their waterways/their own dark pasts/two art-student ass cults; against all odds succeed at everything.

bell’s hells: posters on a queer housing page in toronto pack 6-11 people (depending on the day) into a two bedroom; ping-pong between icily polite spy warfare and cloying codependence, all while ostensibly working together to save a critically endangered species of salamander—end up involved in years old industrial drama opposing their friend’s shady mining corporation mom.

[straightlightyagami]

like don’t pretend to be “against violence” if you’re going to use transparently genocidal rhetoric. every comment by people supporting israel on posts about palestine on other sites (context: the post I was looking at specifically was literally just like "israel has been committing severe human rights violations against gaza for years and this is important context, the US is supporting this and it’s impossible to end the violence without actual accountability for violations of international law." you know, basic facts that should be generally agreed upon by normal people.. nothing about condoning h*mas) is like “you are supporting terrorists!! palestine does not exist and has never existed!! palestinians are subhuman animals” btw almost word for word quoted from a given comment but they all say that. Fun fact you are a fascist.

[hayscodings]

i’ve always thought that yevgeny would go to law school but i don’t think that i’ve ever posted about it

[because--palestine]

Court orders Netherlands to halt delivery of fighter jet parts to Israel

It works! Human rights NGOs around the world go ahead!

A Dutch court has ordered the Netherlands to halt the delivery of parts for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel in its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The order followed an appeal by human rights organisations against a lower court decision rejecting their argument that supplying the parts contributed to alleged violations of international law by Israel.

[naylor]

human beings are so complex and amazing we do in fact have the capacity to hold space in our minds and lives for both the important issues that need our attention and support, and also trivial funny things we just enjoy momentarily. you're not morally better because you think those two concepts are mutually exclusive or we can't properly prioritise concepts in our minds

[marianomoreno]

i hate my proletarian mindset i wanna use some time from work to write a bit but i feel guilty about not working

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[typos-in-my-brain]

Theme of the week has been to be pissed about how people who aren't marginalised but ostensibly liberal just kinda say things like "in my workplace/hobby/organization people tend to be pretty Liberal" without like actually knowing if their mutuals actually are.

For example, if you go curious mode and ask "oh that's fantastic, how do you know". They never like actually know. They go by vibes, which are inaccurate at best, and at worst, are actively harmful to marginalised people. They never have to bump into the oppressive structures themselves, so they don't really know.

I asked this week from someone like if you were a marginalised person and you had 80% chance you get met with hostility and cluelessness and 20% chance you will be met with grace, active listening and humanity would you take those odds and go to the event or get involved in the org's activities.

I know I wouldn't. That's why it has to be in the structures at the org. There has to be processes in place to ensure EVERY marginalised person gets met with humanity, self determination and kindness. We can't just go with vibes. Not when there are lives at line and violence is a threat.

[jisookimlove]

JISOO donated all the proceeds from ‘Happiness Index 103%’ to international children’s rights ‘Save the Children’.

The donation will be used for a mangrove forest creation project in Nam Can District, Ca Mau Province, Vietnam.

A real angel 🩵🥹

THANK YOU JISOO for tking good actions for those in need plus being an inspiration to us 💓.

[eretzyisrael]

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