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Human Rights Watch ‘Deeply Implicated in BDS and Other Forms of Political Warfare’ Against Israel
by Barney Breen-Portnoy
February 24, 2017

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is “deeply implicated in BDS and other forms of political warfare” against the Jewish state, a watchdog group said on Friday, following the news that the Israeli government had rejected a HRW request for a work permit for its regional director. “For two decades, Human Rights Watch has been one of the most blatant and aggressive anti-Israel NGOs in the world,” Prof. Gerald Steinberg, president of Israel-based NGO Monitor, said in a statement. “Their defenders need to ask why they systematically hire pro-BDS activists for key Israel-related ‘research’ positions, while lobbying to isolate Israel through false allegations.” READ MORE

In a 2009 New York Times editorial, Robert Bernstein, the founder of Human Rights Watch, spoke out against the organization he helped create.