NGO Monitor on eliminating human rights monitoring of Israel entirely and smearing anyone who supports this vital activity". The 2013 Menachem Begin Prize was awarded to NGO Monitor, "a leading organization defending the State of Israel and the Jewish people." The Begin Prize is awarded for “extraordinary act(s) for the benefit of the State of Israel and/or the Jewish People.” Natan Sharansky said, “NGO Monitor is the leading organization defending the State of Israel and the Jewish people.” Leonard Fein, writing for "The Forward" in 2005, said that NGO Monitor is "an organization that believes that the best way to defend Israel
Natan Sharansky dissident movement, and in 2008 he was featured in Laura Bialis' documentary "Refusenik". In 2014, he took part in Natella Boltyanskaya's documentary "Parallels, Events, People". He was number eleven on the list of "Time" magazine's 100 most influential people of 2005 in the "Scientists and thinkers" category. Sharansky is the author of three books. The first is the autobiographical "Fear No Evil", which dealt with his trial and imprisonment. His second book, "The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror" was co-written with Ron Dermer. George W. Bush offered praise for the book: If you