Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, and Gaza: Politically Correct, Morally Incorrect

January 30th, 2008 | Category: Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Ethics

Kenneth Roth, who runs HRW, asks: Is Israel’s Blockade of Gaza the Right Way to Respond to Palestinian Rocket Attacks?
Roth and HRW ask whether Israel’s response to the hundreds of Hamas rocket attacks is “the right way”. Roth runs a human rights organization, and has no experience or specialized knowledge in security and anti-terror […]

When human rights organisations get the facts wrong

January 28th, 2008 | Category: Human Rights Watch

In our post on Reports Without Borders condemnation of the Hamas sniper who fired at the media, we touched on a recent case of Hamas propaganda in relation to the power situation in Gaza. As Jerusalem Post reported “On at least two occasions this week, Hamas staged scenes of darkness”.
This reminds us of another […]