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yourish.com - 10/21/2009
The Human Rights Watch bias against Israel
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Matthew Yglesias, who was for Israel before he was against it, takes issue with David Bernstein’s citing of the founder of HRW criticizing its anti-Israel bias in the op-ed pages of the New York Times. It’s certainly news that Human Rights Watch’s critics were able to get a former HRW ...
haaretz.com - 10/22/2009
Iran, Israel attend secret nuclear meet in Cairo
— haaretz.com — Israeli and Iranian representatives recently took part in a conference in Cairo on nuclear non-proliferation in the... Middle East, the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) said Thursday, but Tehran said the report on the meeting was untrue. IAEC ... (more) Iran, Israel attend secret nuclear meet in Cairo

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boston.com - 10/22/2009
Brandeis to host Gaza violence forum
— boston.com — The report covers the three weeks of the Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip in December and... January, which Israel said was necessary to halt fighters from the Hamas faction in Gaza from firing rockets into civilian areas. More than 1,000 ... (more) Brandeis to host Gaza violence forum

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The Moral Authority of Accusers: 1. The Fall of Human Rights Watch 2. The J Street Circle Jerk
tnr.com - 10/21/2009
The Moral Authority of Accusers: 1. The Fall of Human Rights Watch 2. The J Street Circle Jerk
— tnr.com — Ours is an age when the moral authority of accusers is at its height. Also the moral... authority of accusations. There was a time when accusations had to be proven. That requirement has long since passed. After all, why would anyone bear false witness? ... (more) The Moral Authority of Accusers: 1. The Fall of Human ...

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HRW's Bernstein Kicks the Lefty Hornet's Nest
Solomonia — ... Indeed. Volokh's Bernstein also links to Meryl Yourish's look at HRW's press release records: The Human Rights Watch bias against Israel ...

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