Absolutely Wrong: Analysis of HRW report, "Precisely Wrong: Gaza Civilians Killed by Israeli Drone-Launched Missiles," 30 June 2009

In Precisely Wrong: Gaza Civilians Killed by Israeli Drone-Launched Missiles, HRW uses the term war crimes 7 times, and the alleged attacks are termed unlawful. The case is entirely speculative, but the conclusions are stated with absolute assurance, as if the evidence was totally clear. HRW emphasizes pseudo-technical and unfounded legal. Credible and verifiable evidence is not provided. Military experts challenged HRWs claims and assumptions about weapons and drones. The text appears to reflect the authors lack of significant battlefield experience, particularly related to split-second decision making.

Topics

• 2009 Gaza War
• Hamas
• Human Shields
• IDF
• Lack of Evidence

• Methodology
• Moral equivalency
• Terrorism
• War crimes

HRW by the Numbers: Obsessive and disproportionate attack against Israel

Topics

• Demonization
• Disproportionate Focus
• Methodology
• Saudi Arabia

NGOs and Durban Demonization at UN Human Rights Review of Israel

As predicted by NGO Monitor, the majority of NGO submissions to the UN's UPR of Israel ignore human rights issues facing Israelis and areas where Israel is a leader in this field, while grossly distorting the humanitarian, human rights and international legal dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nord-Sud XXI, Ittijah, Badil, and PGAAWC exploit human rights terminology and employ inflammatory rhetoric against Israel. Adalah, Amnesty, and others attribute "racist" motives to Israeli policies, instead of acknowledging that these are legitimate responses to Palestinian violence against Israeli civilians.

Topics

• Demonization
• Distortions of International Law
• Double Standards
• Durban
• Lack of Evidence

• Methodology
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations
• War crimes

Focus: Reports expose more questions on B´Tselem´s credibility

Topics

• Demonization
• Lack of Evidence
• Methodology