Human Rights Watch has lost critical perspective on a conflict in which Israel has been repeatedly attacked by Hamas and Hezbollah, organizations that go after Israeli citizens and use their own people as human shields. These groups are supported by the government of Iran, which has openly declared its intention not just to destroy Israel but to murder Jews everywhere. This incitement to genocide is a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.Will Bernstein's op-ed make any difference? Or is it too little, too late?
Leaders of Human Rights Watch know that Hamas and Hezbollah chose to wage war from densely populated areas, deliberately transforming neighborhoods into battlefields. They know that more and better arms are flowing into both Gaza and Lebanon and are poised to strike again. And they know that this militancy continues to deprive Palestinians of any chance for the peaceful and productive life they deserve. Yet Israel, the repeated victim of aggression, faces the brunt of Human Rights Watch’s criticism.
“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.” ― Euripides, The Phoenician Women
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Human Rights Watch Founder Condemns Human Rights Watch
Organization founder Robert Bernstein finally objects to Human Right Watch's anti-Israel jihad, in today's New York Times.