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‘There Is No Palestinian Civil Society,’ Gerald Steinberg | Top Story, Ep. 22

NGO Monitor head Gerald Steinberg joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to discuss the recent Israeli decision to designate six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups.

The head of NGO Monitor Gerald Steinberg joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to discuss the way Palestinian non-governmental organizations are used as fronts by Palestinian terror groups, as well as the way international human-rights groups work to promote lies about Israel. They also touch on how the international human-rights network has discarded its idealistic origins and now acts in concert with the United Nations and its human-rights council—the U.N. Human Rights Council, or UNHRC—to assist the war on the existence of the Jewish state.

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Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy, the Jewish world and the arts. He hosts the JNS “Think Twice” podcast, both the weekly video program and the “Jonathan Tobin Daily” program, available on major audio platforms and YouTube. Previously, he was executive editor, then senior online editor and chief political blogger, for Commentary magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. He has won 60-plus awards for his columns, commentary, art criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television, commenting on politics and foreign policy. Born in New York City, he studied history at Columbia University.
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