The Israeli government, in a September 19, 2007 statement determined that since Hamas has turned Gaza into a “hostile territory” from which Israeli citizens are shelled with rockets on an almost daily basis, it “bears the responsibility” for Israel’s “additional sanctions.” This decision’s practical and legal ramifications are unclear: […]
Ken Roth, the perennial leader of Human Rights Watch, attacks Israel with great regularity, but only spends little time here, and his knowledge is superficial and highly distorted. His next foray is scheduled for September 6 2007, when he will speak on “The 2006 Israel Hezbollah War: The Real Reason Civilians Died”.
The presumptuous headline notwithstanding, […]
HRW has done little reporting in real time on unspeakable abuses of human rights in several African countries. One notable example is the Central African Republic (CAR) - a crisis so vicious and bloody, that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has initiated proceedings. The ICC notes that “sexual violence appears to have been a central […]
(See also One Step Forward? New York Sun, July 9 2007 and Immoral balance Ynetnews “Human Rights Watch shows more balance, but has it changed its agenda?” 10 July 2007)
Responding to the growing criticism of its biases, Human Rights Watch, an NGO superpower based in New York, has published two statements which are unusually “balanced”. […]
In an oped “A Shadow on the Human Rights Movement” published in the Washington Post on June 25, Jackson Diehl, showed that NGO Monitor’s message is getting through. Diehl, a senior journalist who cannot be accused of being soft on Israel, condemned the hypocrisy of the UN Human Rights Council and NGOs that are part […]
NGOs such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International argued that the new UN Human Rights Council would be different from the discredited Commission on Human Rights. They were wrong. On June 19, the UN Human Rights Council adopted new procedures for its second year in operation, including […]
In another example of broadening its focus in the Middle East, HRW released a report, “The Human Cost: The Consequences of Insurgent Attacks in Afghanistan,” criticizing Afghani insurgent groups for failing to differentiate between “civilians and combatants.” The report calls on Afghan government to develop “better rules of engagement’” to minimize […]
In an example of fulfilling the mandate to promote universal human rights, several NGOs who place disproportionate focus on Israel have issued statements regarding the situation in Darfur. On April 16, 2007, Oxfam issued a press release, launching a £5 million appeal for “’world’s greatest humanitarian crisis’, to help people in Chad and Darfur.” […]
A new UN Watch Report, “Dawn of New Era?”, analyzes the performance of the UN HRC in its first year. UN Watch concludes that the new council has largely been a failure and in some instances even worse than before. According to the report, the body has a “brazen alliance” of repressive […]
In contrast to extensive condemnation of Israeli actions in Gaza or during last summer’s Lebanon War, NGOs have largely remained silent regarding the fighting between the Lebanese army and the al Qaeda-linked, Palestinian faction Fatah al-Islam at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The only NGOs to issue statements to date are […]
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