Human Rights Watch Publication, Lacking Methodology and Credibility, Lays the Foundations for BDS
Human Rights Watch´s publication "Occupation,Inc." constitutes a de facto call for a boycott of Israel, aligning with other NGO-driven BDS campaigns.
Publications: | Reports, Books, Academic Publications, Submissions, Resource Pages |
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Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
NGOs: | Human Rights Watch (HRW) |
Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 29 Sep 2016 |
Human Rights Watch´s publication "Occupation,Inc." constitutes a de facto call for a boycott of Israel, aligning with other NGO-driven BDS campaigns.
In response to the recent wave of terror, government officials, repeating claims made by highly politicized NGOs, have accused Israel of using "excessive force" when responding to attacks against Israeli civilians, criminalizing Israels right to defend itself.
NGOs with stated human rights agendas, who are generally extremely vocal regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict, have avoided condemning the recent terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens, instead focusing only on the Israeli response to such attacks.
Gerald Steinberg claims that the latest UNHRC report overwhelmingly relies on unreliable sources of information, including politicized NGOs and individuals who support terrorism.
THE UNHRCs latest report includes a list of four experts, among whom is Dr. Mads Gilbert, a full-time propagandist from Norway who exploits medicine to promote hate.
Gerlad Steinberg claims that the COI report on the 2014 Gaza War is written with the harsh ideological accusations of William Schabas, interspersed with the more reasonable caution of Mary McGowan Davis, as well as heavy reliance on biased and politicized NGOs with faades of expertise.
The report of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza War extensively quotes EU-funded political advocacy NGOs that lack credibility and do not employ professional fact-finding standards.