Thursday, August 13, 2009
Human Rights Watch is at it again, condemning a Western nation (Israel), while utterly ignoring the sins of its terrorist enemy. Here's the reality they ignore:
Fortunately, the IDF is responding quickly: HRW Report on Civilian Targeting Based on Unreliable Witnesses
NGO Monitor is right on top of it: HRW's 'White Flags' Report Surrenders Morality
- HRW had no presence in Gaza during the conflict. Therefore, the organization's Gaza 'reports', including "White Flag Deaths" are based entirely on unverifiable claims wrapped in a façade of research.
- The report's co-author Joe Stork is a veteran anti-Israel political activist and the antithesis of a professional legal analyst. Before joining HRW, he was a leader of MERIP (Middle East Research and Information Project), whose publications have carried laudatory interviews with terrorist leaders and urged socialists to "comprehend the achievements" of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
- HRW's publication fails to investigate incidents in which "white flags", ambulances and hospitals were used by Hamas to hide military activity. Instead, the entire report is designed to provide "evidence" of alleged Israeli war crimes (a term used 15 times)...
...This is another HRW publication that substitutes speculation for serious research. The text reflects HRW's consistent pattern with regard to the Middle East, with condemnation of Israel as its starting point, particularly in relation to the Gaza conflict. It is further evidence, if any were needed following the Saudi fundraising dinner that HRW is more interested in targeting Israel than in promoting universal human rights...
And Richard Landes should be read in full: Human Rights Complex Take 13476: HRW Does Hatchet Job on IDF and (silently) exculpates Hamas
HRW continues its assault on Israel based on methodologies that, were they used in science, would have us still living in the Ptolemean universe (i.e., human rights revolve around the Palestinians). Fortunately, both NGO Monitor and the IDF are responding vigorously...
Related: Yourish: A tale of two headlines
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