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When pursuing "human rights" involves distortion and slander. Tue May 11, 2021 When Robert Bernstein, Aryeh Neier, and Jeri Laber founded Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 1978, they did not contemplate that the Jewish state would become its target for de-legitimization and abuse. At the time of its establishment, not long after the Helsinki Accords were signed that included the signatories from the “Iron Curtain,” the ostensible focus was to report on the abuses of human rights in Soviet bloc countries. The idealistic founders were committed to shed light on the darkest corners o...

Going viral overnight is the dream for most aspiring social media influencers. But for Jewish creators on TikTok, it can be a nightmare filled with antisemitism. For May, which is Jewish Heritage Month, TikTok created a #MyJewishHeritage hashtag and featured it on its Discover page, placing several Jewish creators’ videos at the top — even though they had not used the hashtag on their videos. These creators woke up to floods of antisemitic comments on old videos. Two of the top three videos on the page had been made for Passover before the hashtag existed, and were bumped to the top of th...

Kristen Clarke's historic nomination is being overshadowed by a disingenuous attempt to label her as antisemitic.

Arab nations invaded the new state of Israel a few years before I was born, at a time when the world was still shaken by the fury of World War II. Arab leaders urged their people to flee Israel in advance of the fighting and return once they drove the Jews into the sea. The outcome differed from the plans of the antagonist nations. Arabs who fled could not return and formed a massive surge of refugees that has only grown after 73 years. So it should be only natural that the Palestinians persist in teaching their children about the satanic nature of Jews and compensate the families of terroris...