Posts Tagged: Kenneth Roth
Former ICJ President Says World Court Did Not Rule Genocide Claim Against Israel Is ‘Plausible’
The former president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) clarified on Thursday that the court did not rule it was "plausible" that Israel was...
Harvard Deserves Kenneth Roth — the Master of Human Wrongs
The recent Harvard brouhaha over Kenneth Roth’s human rights fellowship at the Kennedy School, has the anti-Israel crowd falsely proclaiming a victory for academic freedom....
Jewish Donors Didn’t Influence Harvard’s Kenneth Roth Decision
Last week, we posted about two Guardian articles by Chris McGreal that were published earlier in the month reporting about the decision by Doug Elmendorf,...
In Reversal, Harvard University Offers Position to Israel Critic Kenneth Roth
In a dramatic reversal after weeks of controversy, Harvard University has offered a position to Israel critic Kenneth Roth at its Kennedy School of Government,...
Harvard Didn’t Cancel Kenneth Roth; it Decided Not to Honor an Antisemite
JNS.org – Cancel culture in academia is a serious problem. There is no sector of American society in which dissent is so routinely crushed, or...
Head of Human Rights Watch Faces Storm of Criticism After ‘Blaming’ Israel for UK Antisemitism
The head of the NGO Human Rights Watch faced a storm of criticism on Monday for pinning a rise in antisemitic violence targeting British Jews...
Bernie Sanders Blasts Israel for Not Vaccinating Palestinians, Calls Sending Doses to Allies ‘Outrageous’
US Senator Bernie Sanders attacked Israel on Thursday for not vaccinating Palestinians while sending doses to foreign countries such as Honduras and the Czech Republic. Sanders...
Engaging With the UN Human Rights Council
JNS.org - Many people who have never heard of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) might reasonably ask why this body has the name that...
Head of Human Rights Watch Skewered on Twitter for Peace-Hating Rant Belittling Israel-UAE Accord
The executive director of the notoriously anti-Israel NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) was mercilessly skewered on Twitter after he expressed sneering distaste for the recently‐announced...
In Global War on Coronavirus, Some Fear Civil Rights Are Collateral Damage
In Armenia, journalists must by law include information from the government in their stories about COVID-19. In the Philippines, the president has told security forces...
Proof That the Head of Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Care About Antisemitism
Ken Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch, tweets more that President Trump does. Yet I cannot find any tweets where he denounces antisemitism that...
Human Rights Watch Official, Described as ‘Active BDS Propagator,’ Leaves Israel After Expulsion Order
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official complied with an Israeli expulsion order on Monday imposed over accusations he backed the BDS movement. HRW and Omar Shakir, a US...
Head of Human Rights Watch Refuses to Say Israel Has Right to Exist as Jewish State
A top official at the prominent NGO Human Rights Watch proved unable to explicitly say Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish state...
Head of Human Rights Watch Knocked for Using ‘Antisemitic Dog Whistle’
The executive director of Human Rights Watch accused the White House this week of following an "Israel First strategy" by withdrawing from the United Nations...
