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‘A United Nations agency accused a pro-war Gaza “aid” provider of falsely presenting itself as a U.N. partner in comments to the Washington Examiner.
The @sameerproject , founded in 2024, has claimed on its website and X posts that it works with the U.S.-funded United Nations Children’s Fund to give humanitarian resources such as water and education. The group and its U.K.-based founder deleted four posts glorifying Hamas, an Iranian strike on Israel, and Islamic “armed resistance” after the Washington Examiner asked about them, archived web pages show.’
“UNICEF has never had any partnership agreement with the [Sameer] project nor paid for any of their work,” a UNICEF representative told the Washington Examiner. “We are reaching out to them to fix the mention on their website.”
‘The @sameerproject ultimately did not respond to multiple requests for comment, while the founder, self-described Palestinian exile Hala Sabbah, deleted her X account. Though there is currently no evidence the Sameer Project receives U.S. government funds, its support does extend to American shores.
Israeli watchdog group NGO Monitor raised awareness about the Sameer Project’s rhetoric in a July report, along with its funding from American donor James “Fergie” Chambers. The Marxist activist has a history of defending Hamas and bankrolling leftist causes, and a communist organization he founded announced $300,000 for the Sameer Project in February.’
@TheJusticeDept
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SCOOP: A Hamas-loving Gaza "aid" group called the Sameer Project claims to be a United Nations Children's Fund partner, but when I started asking around, the group deleted its violent posts and UNICEF denied any association.
"UNICEF has never had any partnership agreement with the project nor paid for any of their work. We are reaching out to them to fix the mention on their website."
Moreover, an American donor jailed overseas is reportedly accused of money laundering for Hamas with a financial trail that included ... the Sameer Project.
And it gets wilder: a DEI specialist and UK-based NGO are tied to the group.
My @dcexaminer investigation:
washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
.@dcexaminer reports that UNICEF denies it partnered with The Sameer Project, following NGO Monitor research documenting TSP’s support for “armed resistance” and videos of children at its Gaza school praising “righteous martyrs” and chanting “Jerusalem is ours.” 🧵>>
SCOOP: A Hamas-loving Gaza "aid" group called the Sameer Project claims to be a United Nations Children's Fund partner, but when I started asking around, the group deleted its violent posts and UNICEF denied any association.
"UNICEF has never had any partnership agreement with the project nor paid for any of their work. We are reaching out to them to fix the mention on their website."
Moreover, an American donor jailed overseas is reportedly accused of money laundering for Hamas with a financial trail that included ... the Sameer Project.
And it gets wilder: a DEI specialist and UK-based NGO are tied to the group.
My @dcexaminer investigation:
washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
TSP identifies Social Change Nest as its UK fiscal host, a relationship dating to June 2025.
NGO Monitor told @dcexaminer TSP’s questionable UNICEF claims should have raised red flags for its financial associates. Social Change Nest did not respond. >>
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NGO Monitor told @dcexaminer that TSP’s “explicitly violent rhetoric and highly disturbing educational content mean it can have no place in Gaza’s future” and that “UNICEF, for its part, must take responsibility for the misuse of its name and reputation, and do more to prevent abuse of its aid structures in terrorist-controlled conflict zones like Gaza.”
Read our report: ngo-monitor.org/reports/the-…
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“If you’re a human rights advocate, which a lot of the NGOs I'm talking about claim they are, then you would agree that what happened on October 7th was inhumane and are war crimes.”
Anaelle Meyer, Researcher at NGO Monitor, discussed the international community’s reaction to the October 7th massacre, including the denial, justification, and misuse of human rights language.
Watch the full interview with @MedIsraelForFred @MIFFDK: youtube.com/watch?v=7h9wyqBC…
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NGO Monitor Legal Advisor @AnneHerzberg14: “France’s advancing of legislation to restrict trade with Israel does not promote peace, but rather prolongs conflict and disincentivizes Palestinian steps toward compromise. The proposed bill follows years of coordinated lobbying by BDS NGOs including PFP, AFPS and FIDH. It amounts to nothing more than economic warfare aimed at isolating Israel.”
France advances bill to ban Israeli settlement goods
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Educating a new generation of antisemites?
@BerkeleyUnified is radicalizing students by administering materials from anti-Israel NGOs that rationalize the Oct 7 massacre and portray Israel as an evil colonial project.
NGO Monitor’s review of the “educational” materials reveals frightening examples of antisemitic indoctrination. 🧵>>
One AROC-promoted lesson describes Israel as a country that has been “colonizing” Palestine since the early 1900s.
Its accompanying materials erase Israel from the map, present Jewish presence as “Modern Day Colonialism,” and ask students how Israel is continuing to “colonize Palestine.” >>
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NGO Monitor Pres @GeraldNGOM expresses concern that “Berkeley students are now being exposed to bigoted materials that cast Jews and Israel as uniquely evil, and often deserving of violence.” Far stricter oversight is needed. See our report: ngo-monitor.org/reports/ngos…
