On February 17, 2025, HRW released a report extensively quoting Mahdi Sadeq, executive director of Nabatieh Emergency Rescue Service Association. Sadeq is a supporter of Hezbollah and of the use of violence against Israel. In addition, the association he heads is linked to a pro-Hezbollah Shi’ite center.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has a 30-year history of systematic false accusations and strident advocacy in its reports and statements regarding Israel. Their latest publication is another blatant example in this series.
Professor Gerald M Steinberg publishes a statement regarding Human Right Watch's newest report on war crimes committed by Hamas on October 7.
Professor Gerald M Steinberg discusses how Human Rights Watch has systematically targeted Israel.
Since the brutal October 7 Hamas pogrom, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has hyperactively published statements and condemnations, primarily demonizing Israel.
In his 29-year reign as head of HRW, Ken Roth has obsessively distorted and exploited human rights to demonize Israel. His language reflects a deeply personal hostility to Judaism and Jewish self-determination, and in applying double standards, Roth has caused major damage to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
On 5-9 July 2021, EJIL:Talk!, an influential international law blog, hosted a symposium on “Apartheid in Israel/Palestine," specifically focused on Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) April 2021 publication, A Threshold Crossed.
On July 27, 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report alleging that Israel committed war crimes in its May 2021 conflict with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza. This report serves as another vehicle for HRW’s ongoing campaign lobbying the International Criminal Court.
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg discusses how HRW and its leaders have been strongly criticised for intense political and ideological bias against Israel.
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg and Maayan Rockland analyze how Human Rights Watch defames the Jewish State and employs numerous anti-Israel activists and BDS campaigners with well-documented histories of radical activism in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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