Human Rights Watch criticize Hamas for defending terrorist attack of April 17
In a press statement released on April 21, Human Rights Watch said that by defending the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv of April 17, "the new Hamas-led Palestinian Authority put itself on the wrong side of the most fundamental principle of international humanitarian law." Joe Stork, deputy director of HRW’s Middle East and North Africa division, labeled the bombing an "atrocity", stated that it was Hamas’ responsibility to prevent attacks on Israeli civilians and called on the Hamas government to "respect and enforce…the most elemental principle of international humanitarian law."
