Tag: Amnesty International
Israel a ‘serial bomber of civilian places,’ reporter says at State Department briefing
Said Arikat, Washington bureau chief of Al-Quds, has a long history of slandering Israel at U.S. State Department press briefings. On June 15, he began by posing a question about Amnesty International calling for the International Criminal Court to...
Dutch government rejects Amnesty’s apartheid report
The government of the Netherlands has rejected Amnesty International’s report on Feb. 1 accusing Israel of apartheid. “The cabinet does not agree with Amnesty’s conclusion that there is apartheid in Israel or the territories...
Amnesty International’s cruel assault on Israel
“We are opposed to the idea—and this, I think, is an existential part of the debate—that Israel should be preserved as a state for the Jewish people” — Paul O’Brien, Executive Director Amnesty International...
Republican senators push bill to cut federal funding to Amnesty International
Republican Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Thursday introduced a bill that aims to prevent assistance from the federal government to go to Amnesty International.
The human-rights organization has been criticized by lawmakers and...
NGO Monitor report debunks Israel apartheid claims, places Amnesty International ‘on the defensive’
A new report by NGO Monitor debunks the accusation of apartheid against Israel and assesses whether apartheid, as previously defined, is applicable to Israel and territories under its military administration.
This new report, titled “Neo-Orientalism: Deconstructing Claims...
A free lunch for Amnesty’s anti-Semitism
It’s not clear what it will take for critics of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to admit that it wasn’t he who turned support for Israel into a “wedge issue” in the United States...
Jewish House reps condemn Amnesty USA head for saying Israel ‘shouldn’t exist as a...
All 25 Jewish members among the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives issued a statement condemning Amnesty International USA Executive Director Paul O’Brien’s recent remarks about how Israel “shouldn’t exist as a Jewish state.”
The March 14 statement,...
Amnesty International should be ashamed
According to a recent Amnesty International report, Israel is apparently “committing the crime of apartheid.”
The use of the false term “apartheid” has prompted denunciations far and wide from such figures as U.S. Ambassador to...
Jewish groups urge UN not to use ‘false claims’ of Amnesty report against Israel
The blowback over a biased report by Amnesty International on Israel continues nearly a week after its release as 469 organizations and more than 4,000 individuals signed a strongly-worded letter on Monday urging U.N. Secretary-General António...
Amnesty International,Apartheid,Palestinian Authority,Sanctions,U.N. General Assembly
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said that it rejects the finding of a new report by Amnesty International UK that accuses Israel of apartheid and “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians.
“We reject...