[Opinion] Human Rights Watch is an Israel-hating organization at its very core
Professor Gerald M Steinberg discusses how Human Rights Watch has systematically targeted Israel.
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Demonization and Tokenism: Human Rights Watch’s Agenda following the Hamas Pogrom
Since the brutal October 7 Hamas pogrom, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has hyperactively published statements and condemnations, primarily demonizing Israel.
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Ken Roth’s Legacy: Distorting and Exploiting Human Rights to Demonize Israel
In his 29-year reign as head of HRW, Ken Roth has obsessively distorted and exploited human rights to demonize Israel. His language reflects a deeply personal hostility to Judaism and Jewish self-determination, and in applying double standards, Roth has caused major damage to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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HRW’s Inconsistency and Incoherence Continues: EJIL: Talk! Symposium on A Threshold Crossed
On 5-9 July 2021, EJIL:Talk!, an influential international law blog, hosted a symposium on “Apartheid in Israel/Palestine," specifically focused on Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) April 2021 publication, A Threshold Crossed.
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HRW Pretends Hamas Doesn’t Exist in Gaza
On July 27, 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report alleging that Israel committed war crimes in its May 2021 conflict with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza. This report serves as another vehicle for HRW’s ongoing campaign lobbying the International Criminal Court.
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Human Rights Watch’s anti-Israel Agenda
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg discusses how HRW and its leaders have been strongly criticised for intense political and ideological bias against Israel.
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Palestinian Activists at Human Rights Watch
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg and Maayan Rockland analyze how Human Rights Watch defames the Jewish State and employs numerous anti-Israel activists and BDS campaigners with well-documented histories of radical activism in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Initial Analysis of HRW’s Housing Report: Ignoring Facts in Service of a ’48 Agenda
On May 12, 2020, Human Rights Watch released “Israel: Discriminatory Land Policies Hem in Palestinians,” the latest installment in its decades-long campaign to assail Israel’s legitimacy. Timed to coincide with the observance of Nakba Day (May 15) – when anti-Israel activists mourn the establishment of the Jewish State as a “catastrophe” – HRW once again invents rights while embracing a 1948 agenda.
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Human Rights Watch Misses the Mark on COVID-19
On March 19, 2020, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a short but meaningless report on the “Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response.” In particular, the report exposes HRW’s lack of credibility in the area of public health and epidemiology, primarily attacking government measures to prevent widespread death from the virus.
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Human Rights Watch Hypocrisy on Settlements
According to Law professor Eugene Kontorovich, Whitson is an active supporter of groups that support Armenian settlements in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, while pursuing rabid campaigns against Jewish communities in the West Bank. This promotion of Armenian settlement products and groups directly contradicts HRW’s assertions regarding Israel.
