Prank caller on Israel
Do you answer every prank caller who calls your house? Or do you slam down your phone in disgust? Personally, I hang up the phone (as I just did to someone before I started writing this post).In today's Washington Post, Kathleen Peratis acts as a prank caller on the State of Israel. Peratis, an attorney and board member of the discredited (at least when it comes to anything having to do with Israel) Human Rights Watch organization, says that Israel's and its supporters' ignoring Human Rights Watch's accusations against it because of the organization's proven and obvious bias against the Jewish state just isn't good enough.
No one expected the Anti-Defamation League and others to applaud the Human Rights Watch report, but one is entitled to expect something more serious by way of a response. "You're biased" is not a rebuttal.Sorry, but no. Human Rights Watch's record when it comes to Israel is so poor and so biased, that it has no right to expect anything other than "you're biased" in response. And for that purpose, it doesn't matter whether Ken Roth's father was Simon Wiesenthal, Elie Wiesel, Jesus Christ or David Duke (none of whom I am comparing to each other - Peratis attempts to answer accusations that the organization is biased by pointing to Roth's father having fled Nazi Germany).
Take Human Rights Watch's acceptance of everything Hezbullah claimed about Qana. Take its distortions regarding the explosion on the Gaza Beach in June that the 'Palestinians' caused themselves. And those are only two of the most recent examples.
Human Rights Watch has forfeited the right to have any of its accusations regarding Israel taken seriously. There is no reason that Israeli government resources - or even those of pro-Israel organizations - should be wasted on attempting to answer its trumped up charges.
When a prank caller - or a 'telemarketer' - calls your house, you don't waste time on them. You hang up the phone. Human Rights Watch is nothing but a prank caller or a 'telemarketer' when it comes to Israel. It doesn't deserve any better treatment.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:01 PM
1 Comments:
I feel that your strong position in this post is undermined by the impudent and belligerent logo you post on your page. I'm at a loss as to how a Torah-observant Jew could endorse a policy of such impious disregard of human life.
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