A fawning profile of Roth in the Princeton Alumni Weekly whitewashes his 29-year record as head of Human Rights Watch, in which he led the organization and the entire human rights movement to irrelevance and worse.
A powerful group of hypocrites has subverted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and exploited its principles and institutions to demonize Israel and the Jewish people.
The NGO-led efforts to weaken and replace the IHRA working definition – the most effective means of countering modern antisemitism – need to be countered effectively before they become dominant.
Your latest diatribe on Israel, published in Deutsche Welle (“Opinion: Reassessing the approach to Israel”), continues the deceitful assault on the legitimacy of Jewish self-determination.
As in the times of the Judges, our government is composed primarily of sectoral leaders who are oblivious to the wider national implications of their narrow and divisive agendas.
A listing of Roth’s vituperous attacks, including HRW publications for which he is accountable, and the lies, distortions, and unverifiable accusations would fill volumes. But a small sample provides more than enough to demonstrate the deep hostility.
The problem with this phenomenon, known as the “halo effect,” is that it is often a façade, and readily exploited.
Restoring their lost credibility, if this can be done, will require a major effort taking many years.
Different generations and communities celebrate the Seder according to their own customs and interpretations, adding references to the embodiment of Pharaoh as the main tormentor of the Jews of that time. After the Holocaust and the rebirth of Israel, these events were interpreted as a strong parallel to the transition from slavery to freedom.
Israelis recognize that no outside power, not even the U.S., can be relied on to guarantee survival in the face of a powerful threat.
