commentarymagazine.com - 10/21/2009
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Andrew Sullivan, now a leading spokesman for the UN Human Rights Council approach to Israel, lists as his quote of the day the following inanity from the Bobby Bigwheel of the Juicebox Mafia, Matt Yglesias:
“If people want to say that the whole quest to articulate objective human rights ...
weeklystandard.com - 10/27/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
I made my way over to the J
Street conference today to see for myself just how...
"pro-peace, pro-Israel" the organization really is, and there can be no doubt, J Street is pro-peace. But while the leadership of J Street may be pro-Israel, the ...
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The Space Between Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/20/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
It’s certainly news that Human Rights Watch’s critics
were able to get a former HRW chairman to...
slam the organization for having the temerity to hold Israel to the same standards of international humanitarian law to which it holds every ...
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Bernstein on Human Rights Watch
tnr.com - 10/21/2009
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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? ...
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The Moral Authority of Accusers: 1. The Fall of Human ...
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Do the Laws of War Apply to Israel?
Matthew Yglesias —
... I really have to say that it makes me extremely angry when I need to read this kind of bullshit written in which wild and implausible views are attributed to me. What I’m saying—and I don’t think this should be controversial—is that whatever you think about Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel still has obligations under international humanitarian law and many credible investigators have reached the conclusion that Israel violated those obligations. ...
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
I really love this one from Noah Pollak at Contentions, however: The Yglesias Award for Moral Equivalence ...
War Crimes Are War Crimes
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... I really have to say that it makes me extremely angry when I need to read this kind of bullshit
written in which wild and implausible views are attributed to me. What
I’m saying—and I don’t think this should be controversial—is that whatever
you think about Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel still has obligations under
international humanitarian law and many credible investigators have
reached the conclusion that Israel violated those obligations. ...
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