Scurrilous Accusations against Israel Encourage Terrorist Groups to Put Civilians in Harm’s Way
Human Rights Watch’s latest libel.
July 2, 2019
Human Rights Watch’s latest libel.
In a recent report, Human Rights Watch (HRW)—an organization known for its obsession with defaming the Jewish state—accused it of committing war crimes when responding to rocket attacks from Gaza in May. Perhaps to provide some semblance of balance, the report leveled the same accusation at Hamas for indiscriminately firing on civilians. Its authors, however, misconstrue the laws of war by looking solely at the outcomes—rather than the causes, motivations, and circumstances—of military operations, as Geoffrey Corn and Rachel VanLandingham write:
Human Rights Watch’s latest libel.
Indeed, it probably has them already.
Minority rights and the Bladensburg cross.
Jacob, Esau, and an imagined post-Orthodox, post-Israel future.
Helena of Adiabene.
In a recent report, Human Rights Watch (HRW)—an organization known for its obsession with defaming the Jewish state—accused it of committing war crimes when responding to rocket attacks from Gaza in May. Perhaps to provide some semblance of balance, the report leveled the same accusation at Hamas for indiscriminately firing on civilians. Its authors, however, misconstrue the laws of war by looking solely at the outcomes—rather than the causes, motivations, and circumstances—of military operations, as Geoffrey Corn and Rachel VanLandingham write:
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