NGO Monitor reports on a vote in the Dutch parliament to end funding to NGOs which support the boycott of, divestment from or economic sanction of the state of Israel.

On June 16, a majority of the Dutch parliament demanded that the government review and halt, as soon as possible, all direct and indirect funding to radical NGOs which support BDS against Israel.

NGO Monitor played a decisive role in these events, which marked the first time any European framework has imposed oversight on NGO funding from a government body. In March, NGO Monitor’s staff traveled to the Hague and met with a group of Dutch MPs from different parties to present information on government grants to political NGOs. This began a process that led to the vote to end funding to NGOs which support BDS.

Full article in Dutch here.