Hate has corrupted the world’s biggest charities: Full Comment podcast

The Red Cross, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, UNICEF and more — they're treated by governments and the media as neutral humanitarians working for everyone's rights and welfare. But as Danielle Haas tells Brian, a new investigation by her organization EiGHT found them rife with bias, particularly against Jews and Israel. It uncovered charities refusing to acknowledge atrocities committed by Hamas, while ostracizing and even dismissing workers who dared speak up about human rights violations and blatant antisemitism, including within the organizations themselves. EiGHT, made up of former NGO leaders, is calling for transparency and oversight for charities whose discrimination goes largely unscrutinized, despite raking in billions of dollars in donations and funding. (Recorded July 17, 2026)