Advertisements Jim Besser has it right in his post today in the New York Jewish Week. There is no doubt that Operation Cast Lead launched some fierce public discussion here in the US, but most of it was centered on the Goldstone Report and how best to defame one ofContinue Reading
Advertisements B’Tselem has been very successful with our camera distribution project in the West Bank. We’ve now expanded our work in Gaza, and this time, people are noticing. In the New York Times today their “Gaza Journal” focuses on the set of videos we released last week in Israel. What kind of message isContinue Reading
Advertisements It’s always nice to see when a group of diplomats does something right. In the case of the UN Human Rights Council, the announcement last week of a fact-finding mission headed by Richard Goldstone is not only smart and appropriate; it offers some correction for a past error. DuringContinue Reading
Advertisements I strongly recommend this article at the Jewcy web site on the question of war crimes in Operation Cast Lead and the recent testimony of Israeli soldiers there. Also, you might be interested in the preliminary report B’Tselem put out in February. We haven’t been able to go furtherContinue Reading
Advertisements In my capacity as the Director of B’Tselem’s US Office, I’ve been asked frequently of late about the Israeli elections that are winding down as I write this. In general, B’Tselem stays away from matters of politics. Our credibility is dependent on our being focused on human rights, noContinue Reading
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