April 25th, 2010 | Category:
B'tselem,
Machsom Watch,
Mossawa,
New Profile
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Lizi Sagie, B’Tselem’s data coordination director, resigned from the Israeli NGO following exposure of the Nazi analogy and other forms of anti-Israel demonization on her personal blog. After these items were published, Jessica Montell, B’Tselem’s executive director, repudiated Sagie’s comments and disassociated her organization from them.
First publicized by Yonatan D. HaLevi and then reported by [...]
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April 24th, 2010 | Category:
Durban Conference
Contrary to Alpher’s myth, the draft legislation on NGO transparency is supported by MKs from many groups, including the opposition Kadima party. They recognize that tens of millions of euros are provided secretly every year by European government to groups that operate under the facade of Israeli “civil society”.
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April 19th, 2010 | Category:
Human Rights Watch,
Media
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April 18, 2010
To the Editor:
Fares Akram’s article “Hamas Executes Two Accused of Aiding Israel” (April 15, 2010, page A11) prominently features Human Rights Watch (HRW). However, the Times fails to mention Akram’s ongoing professional affiliation with HRW. This conflict of interest is particularly problematic considering that HRW’s reporting on Israel and strident political advocacy are [...]
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April 11th, 2010 | Category:
Human Rights Watch
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On April 11, 2010, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published its sixth report on the Gaza War, “Turning a Blind Eye: Impunity for Laws-of-War Violations during the Gaza War.” This is yet another example of HRW’s obsessive and disproportionate focus on Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict, at the expense of the daily human rights violations in [...]
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April 6th, 2010 | Category:
Amnesty International
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Ma’ariv (p. 4) by Ben-Dror Yemini — Human rights are too important an issue to be left in the hands of human rights organizations. This isn’t the first time that I’ve written that. It’s just that this issue is becoming increasingly important. This time, the organization at hand is Amnesty, once again Amnesty, which has [...]
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April 4th, 2010 | Category:
Human Rights Watch
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HRW’s “corrections” to Foreman’s exposé raise more questions and create more confusion, while avoiding core issues like credibility, bias against Israel, and the Garlasco gag order.
1) They claim that “a number of the HRW staff have military expertise” – what does this mean regarding credibility of combat analysis? Basic training, some time in front of [...]
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