Gerald M. Steinberg

[7][8][9][10][11] Steinberg has been a longtime critic of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Oxfam, and other organizations he says have "contributed to the hatred, rather than supporting peace".

[12] In a 2004 Jerusalem Post article[13] he wrote, "HRW's press statement exposes it as a biased political organization hiding behind the rhetoric of human rights."

[16] In January 2010, after the European Commission refused to release documents on NGO funding, Steinberg initiated legal action under the EU's Freedom of Information statutes.

The court ruled that instability in the Middle East and the prospect that "such information may pose a danger to human rights groups" justified the refusal.

"[20] Yehudit Karp, a former Israeli deputy attorney general, charged that Steinberg published material he knew to be wrong "along with some manipulative interpretation".