[Opinion] BDS, Omar Shakir, and Israel Eliminationism
Professor Gerlad M Steinberg discusses the impending case against BDS activist Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine Country Director.
Professor Gerlad M Steinberg discusses the impending case against BDS activist Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine Country Director.
On November 14, 2017, US Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) proposed legislation “to prevent United States tax dollars from supporting the Israeli military’s ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children” – Bill van Esveld of Human Rights Watch (HRW) published an article on HuffPost in support of the bill. The opinion piece was only one example of HRW staffers promoting McCollum’s legislation.
In conjunction with Palestinian Media Watch, NGO Monitor has submitted to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee an official complaint against the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) and its president, Jibril Rajoub.
Gerald Steinberg details the anti-Israel bias of Human Rights Watch, as evidenced by its obsession with soccer clubs located in the "settlements."
An analysis of the political advocacy NGOs involved in the campaign against the Israeli membership in FIFA, as part of BDS measures against Israel.
Human Rights Watch has joined the Palestinian campaign calling on FIFA to ban Israel, further confirming its identity as an anti-Israel political advocacy organization that exploits human rights.