The Christian Science Monitor has a good piece on the campaign against the New Israel Fund, which supports democracy in Israel and is now under fire for connections to the Goldstone report:
A center-right group, "Im Tirtzu," issued a report last week charging that the Goldstone report relies on documentation from 16 local rights organizations that were vocal critics of Israeli conduct during the war. The report singled out a common financial thread, the multimillion-dollar New Israel Fund, which raises money among American Jews and foundations for progressive causes.
That sparked a drive in the Israeli parliament to approve an investigation to determine whether the work of those nonprofits undermines Israel’s legitimacy. The investigation could lead to the outlawing of some groups.
The hypocrisy I point out in my headline is one that Jeff Blankfort pointed out to me.
