Reply #11: it's very true and you're ignoring it....HRW really didn't address Bernstein's points [View All]

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1. The fact is that the salient points in Bernstein's letter were left unanswered or misrepresented by HRW.

2. Bernstein's point about disproportionate coverage by HRW on Israel stands. HRW pretends by misrepresenting Bernstein's claim that they do not focus on Israel more than any other individual countries. We know this is not true. You support HRW all the way. You have never once criticized anything they do. Therefore, their obsession with Israel, to the point of minimizing and ignoring much that is wrong in that region, is okay with you. AFAIK, there is no problem with HRW focusing more on Israel to the point that much is ignored in that region. If this was a problem, I'm sure you'd let us all know.

3. Where's your proof that HRW puts more work and time into criticizing the Iraqi govt. for human rights violations than Israel? How about a link and a short description of what you think proves HRW focuses more on the Iraqi govt than Israel. Prove that Bernstein is wrong, if you can. Or at the very least, admit that besides Iraq, HRW focuses more on Israel than any other neighboring Arab governments.

4. Kemp did not make definitive judgments about war crimes like HRW did. HRW lacked access to the actual battlefield and the commanders who made certain decisions. They cannot claim to know the IDF's motivations and come to knee-jerk conclusions that Israel deliberately committed war crimes (or that Israel intentionally started OCL to punish Gazans). This seems lost on you for some reason. HRW made conclusions based on 'facts' that cannot be proven in any credible court of law. Kemp's assertions can easily be proven. See the difference yet?