FORD FOUNDATION VOWS TO REVIEW DONATIONS TO PALI NGO'S

Ford Foundation Vows Review of Donations to Palestinian NGOs - Yaakov Lappin
The Ford Foundation said it would "review" questions raised about funds channeled to Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs), following a critique by an Israeli NGO watchdog. NGO Monitor, based in Jerusalem, recently released a report on donations by the Ford Foundation to a number of Palestinian organizations, charging that the foundation had "violated its own funding guidelines."

"Following exposure of the Ford Foundation's support for radical participants in the infamous NGO Forum of the Durban 2001 conference, Ford officials pledged to stop 'supporting organizations whose conduct is antithetical to our objectives of promoting peace, justice, tolerance and understanding.' However, as planning begins for a follow-on UN conference in 2009...many Ford-funded NGOs continue to violate Ford's terms," NGO Monitor said. Based in New York, the foundation has an endowment valued at $11.6 billion. (Ynet News)