Shurat HaDin controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2013
Criticism of litigation against BDS academic
The lawsuit against Jake Lynch was criticized by Australian Jewish and academic commentators as an inappropriate attempt to use courts to suppress advocacy for academic boycotts. The case was dismissed in 2014.
2012
World Vision allegations criticized as unsubstantiated
Shurat HaDin’s allegations that World Vision Australia and AusAID supported a PFLP front were not substantiated by the subsequent investigation. World Vision’s chief executive described some allegations as defamatory.
2011
Jimmy Carter book lawsuit criticized as frivolous
The action against Jimmy Carter and Simon & Schuster over Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid was described by critics as a speech-chilling effort. The plaintiffs withdrew the case after several months.
2007
Questions over Israeli government direction
A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable reported that Darshan-Leitner said the organization had received direction and evidence from Israeli government officials during its early years. She later denied making the reported statement. Her later account of intelligence briefings, published in Harpoon, renewed debate over the organization’s independence.