Amnesty's New Office in Jerusalem…or Maybe Ramallah?
Amnesty International's establishment and staffing of a new Jerusalem, or Ramallah, based office seems to perpetuate the organization's disproportionate focus on Israel and anti-Israel biases.
International NGOs should work toward the goal of ensuring human rights for all citizens, everywhere. Instead, many disproportionately focus on allegations of Israeli violations and use their power and funding to promote a distorted narrative of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Amnesty International's establishment and staffing of a new Jerusalem, or Ramallah, based office seems to perpetuate the organization's disproportionate focus on Israel and anti-Israel biases.
HRW's recent publication, like previous ones, promotes a one-sided narrative against Israel, and fails to adhere to basic fact-finding standards.
Human Rights Watch continues to distort the truth about Israel in its "World Report 2016," making use of faulty methodology and promoting a biased view of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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 its condemnations of Israel stopping Palestinian stabbing attacks, Amnesty International relies on faulty evidence and flawed methodology to portray Palestinians as victims and Israeli security personnel as aggressors, regardless of circumstance.
On August 17, 2015, a series of articles published in the Times (London) revealed that Yasmin Hussein, currently Amnesty Internationals Director of Faith and Human Rights, has links to the Muslim Brotherhood and possibly to Hamas.
The 74-page publication, Ripe for Abuse: Palestinian Child Labor in Israeli Agricultural Settlements in the West Bank, is based on unverifiable allegations and reflects HRWs documented anti-Israel obsession.