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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• BDS
• George Soros
• Human Rights
• Ken Roth
• No Way to Treat a Child

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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• HRW
• Ken Roth

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

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• 2018 Gaza Border Violence
• Commission of Inquiry
• Gaza
• Ken Roth
• Omar Shakir

[Opinion] #NOWAYTOTREATACHILD: A CYNICAL CAMPAIGN TO MANIPULATE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

In a video that has gone viral, a young Palestinian approaches two Israeli soldiers. She hits, prods and slaps them. She is trying to provoke a reaction that will be caught on camera and show the ugly violence of the Israeli army. The soldiers respond with professionalism and restraint, and ignore her attack.

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• Ahed Tamim
• BDS
• Betty McCollum
• Ken Roth

• No Way to Treat a Child
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• United Nations
• War Child Holland

Al Jazeera Joins the Anti-Israel Child Campaign

On December 15, 2017, AJ+ – part of the Al Jazeera network – posted a video on its Twitter, that was also widely disseminated in an offensive tweet by Human Rights Watch Executive Director Ken Roth, alleging that Israel “systematically harasses and abuses Palestinian kids.” The video parrots blatantly false and/or misleading claims by non-governmental organization (NGO) regarding Israel’s treatment of Palestinian minors, and goes so far as to claim that Israel has no reason to arrest minors (0:27) – regardless of the fact that some minors are perpetrators of violent terror attacks, including murder.

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• AJ+
• Al Jazeera
• Bill Van Esveld
• Children
• Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC)
• Human Rights

• Human Rights Law
• Ken Roth
• Media Bias
• No Way to Treat a Child
• UNICEF
• UNRWA

Letter to UN Sec-Gen Regarding 2015 Report on Children and Armed Conflict

NGO Monitor expresses concern regarding attempts by Human Rights Watch to influence UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moons preparation of the Report on Children and Armed Conflict.

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• Biases
• Demonization
• Disproportionate Focus
• Distortions of International Law
• Double Standards

• Hezbollah
• Ken Roth
• Lack of Evidence
• Lawfare
• Methodology

• NGO Lack of Military Expertise
• Sarah Leah Whitson
• Terrorism
• United Nations

[Opinion] NGO Silence on PLO Terror Verdict

Anne Herzberg maintains that while one would expect human rights and international justice NGOs and activists, who have campaigned on universal human rights issues for decades, to support the landmark decision of Sokolow v. PLO, their silence speaks volumes.

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• Demonization
• Ken Roth
• Lawfare
• Michael Sfard

• PLO
• Reed Brody
• Sarah Leah Whitson
• Terrorism

NGO Monitor Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Collective Punishment
• Commission of Inquiry
• Distortions of International Law
• Double Standards
• Fact Finding Best Practices

• Hamas
• Human Shields
• International Law
• Ken Roth
• Lawfare
• Lund-London Guidelines

• Sarah Leah Whitson
• Transparency
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• War crimes
• Weapons Smuggling
• William Schabas

Ken Roth's Immoral Anti-Israel Obsession and the Gaza War

HRW director Ken Roths obsessive targeting of Israel during the Gaza war highlights his lack of credibility and personal animus towards the Jewish state.

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Biases
• Hamas
• Holocaust Rhetoric

• Ken Roth
• Political Warfare
• Terrorism

Human Rights Watch's double standards and flawed methodology: Analysis of HRW's 2014 World Report

In its 2014 World Report, HRW continues to exhibit a biased and disproportionate obsession with Israel. HRWs methodological failures, including factual inaccuracies and selective narrative of events, are compounded by unsupported and nebulous allegations of Israeli violations of international law.

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• Demonization
• Goldstone Report
• Ken Roth
• Methodology

• Moral equivalency
• Negev Bedouin
• Terrorism