Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday which revealed that Hamas’ security forces in Gaza are committing severe abuses, including torture of detainees, arrests without warrants, forced confessions, unfair trials and mock executions. The leading international rights group released a 43-page report on Wednesday and called on the militant Hamas group to reform its various…
In certain circles, the very name, Human Rights Watch, has become a profanity. There are those convinced that this is an organization set on attacking Israel unmercifully and disproportionately. Among these people is even Bob Bernstein who founded the group in the 1970s and recently left in protest to start Advancing Human Rights, which he…
If you have a career, being a mother in this country costs you — in promotions and salary, and, because of a near total lack of legally mandated parental leave, in physical and emotional health as well. This is a well-known reality for every working mom I know, and now the international NGO Human Rights…
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, paints a not very pretty picture of Israeli actions during the latest Gaza war. Writing in Forbes, he scores the IDF on the following points: Targeting: Part of the problem was the IDF’s expansive definition of a military target. It attacked a range of civilian facilities, from…
The awful bloodshed and intense emotions of war are not conducive to careful moral reasoning. With Hezbollah rockets raining down on northern Israel, an honest reckoning of the conduct of Israeli forces in Lebanon is difficult. Facile arguments and serious misconceptions, like those listed below, are too easily accepted. But given the stakes, it is…
WASHINGTON — As Jerusalem defends itself against worldwide condemnation over a deadly air strike that killed dozens of Lebanese children, current and former Israeli officials acknowledge that the Israeli military has loosened the restrictions on targeting militants in populated areas. After an Israeli air force raid Sunday on the Lebanese village of Qana left dozens…
With more than 400 Lebanese civilians killed in recent weeks, the United Nations and leading human rights organizations are stepping up their criticism of Israel, suggesting Jerusalem could face legal consequences for its military actions. Even before four U.N. observers were killed in an Israeli strike Tuesday, senior officials from the world body were warning…
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