Gerald M. Steinberg

Gerald M. Steinberg is an Israeli academic, political scientist, and political activist.

Gerald Steinberg was born in the United Kingdom. He completed a joint bachelor's degree in Physics and in Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley in 1973, and then a master's degree in Physics at the University of California, San Diego in 1975. He obtained his doctorate in government from Cornell University, in 1981. He began teaching at Bar Ilan University in 1982, and is a professor of Political Science.

Steinberg has served as a consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Israeli National Security Council. He also served as a legislative adviser to Likud Knesset Member Ze'ev Elkin.

Steinberg is founder and president of the NGO Monitor, an institute whose stated aim is "to generate and distribute critical analysis and reports on the output of the international NGO community" and "to publicize distortions of human rights issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict and provide information and context for the benefit of NGOs working in the Middle East."

Steinberg has been a longtime critic of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Oxfam and other organizations that he accuses of having "contributed to the hatred, rather than supporting peace". Writing in a 2004 Jerusalem Post article he said, "HRW's press statement exposes it as a biased political organization hiding behind the rhetoric of human rights." Later he accused HRW of "exploiting the rhetoric of human rights to delegitimize Israel". Human Rights Watch accused Steinberg of "sleight of hand" in his reporting of its activities, and of ignoring its condemnations of Palestinian militant actions.

In 2014, former Associated Press journalist Matti Friedman said that AP reporters had been banned from interviewing Steinberg and NGO Monitor. The AP denied the claim.

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