Exploiting the Coronavirus for Anti-Israel Campaigns
The news cycle has been dominated by COVID-19, and a number of advocacy NGOs have made statements linking their agendas to this issue.
Ken Roth
Gaza and Corona: The NGO Preemptive Blood Libel Campaign
The COVID-19 global pandemic has become another opportunity for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to demonize Israel over its Gaza policy.
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[Opinion] Hope is nice, but demonization of Israel is unlikely to change
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg discusses NGO efforts to lobby the ICC.
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[Opinion] Human Rights Watch's Saudi funding scandal tarnishes the NGO industry
Professor Gerald M Steinberg discusses how HRW Director Ken Roth solicited money from a human rights violating Saudi businessman.
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HRW and the UN BDS Blacklist - The Facts
HRW has played a central role in lobbying UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet and providing information to her office for use in compiling the list.
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[Opinion] Political Games at The Hague
Professor Gerald M Steinberg analyzes the carious campaigns against Israel at the International Criminal Court.
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[Opinion] BDS, Omar Shakir, and Israel Eliminationism
Professor Gerlad M Steinberg discusses the impending case against BDS activist Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine Country Director.
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Human Rights Watch (HRW)
The condemnation by Joe Stork of Human Rights Watch (HRW) of Israels response to rocket bombardment from Gaza exploits and distorts international law. His claim that Gaza remains occupied is a politically based fiction designed to negate Israels legal and moral right to self-defense. Further, there is no legal or moral precedent for a country to be forced to provide a hostile neighbor with the means to continue attacks on its territory and against its civilians. HRWs statement is a moral muddle that further undermines the universality of human rights.
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Letter to the Editor: Roth's contribution problematic
Professor Gerald Steinberg writes a letter to the Australian Financial Review regarding Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
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The Gaza Riots and HRW’s Immoral Anti-Israel Obsession on Twitter
Between May 13-16, 2018, Human Rights Watch (HRW) employees tweeted excessively about the violence along the Gaza border, with their tweets almost exclusively condemning Israel’s right to defend its borders, belittling the violence, and making various politically driven statements