Amnesty demands Israel 'immediately' lift Gaza blockade

[toastman]

and with Jordan...

But no peace treaty was signed with the Palestinian. Of course they are still at war with Israel, what a ridiculous statement.

There was no war started with the Palestinian's.

Oh really? The Palestinians didn't fight against Israel in 1967? or 1973?


Interesting distortion of history !

 

[toastman]

Shamesty International can kacken zee ahf deh levanah.

I'm not surprised israelis and zionists would be profanely critical of a respected international organization who...

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

Kind of hits home for you, huh?

Read and weep, or not in your case.


Israel[edit]

Elliott Abrams, writing about the November 2012 Israeli military response in Gaza, says that AI treats "Hamas and other terrorist groups" "with an 'evenhandedness' that bespeaks deep biases," citing NGO Monitor's detailed research.[23]

The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticised the May 2012 report on administrative detention saying it was "one sided,” and “not particularly serious,” and "that it seemed little more than a public relations gimmick.” Gerald Steinberg, of NGO Monitor, said that the report was tied to the recent Palestinian hunger strikes and that AI “jumped on the bandwagon to help their Palestinian allies.”[24] Steinberg also pointed out that one of the researchers, Deborah Hyams was not a neutral party, saying that “Hyams has volunteered as a ‘human shield’ in Beit Jala (near Bethlehem) to deter Israeli military responses to gunfire and mortars targeting Jewish civilians in Jerusalem,” and that “in 2008 she signed a letter claiming Israel is 'a state founded on terrorism, massacres and the dispossession of another people from their land.'[25] The Israeli embassy in London called AI “ridiculous”. AI admitted that this report “is not intended to address violations of detainees’ rights by the Palestinian Authority, or the Hamas de facto administration. These violations have been and will continue to be addressed separately by the organisation”.[26]

In May 2012, NGO Monitor criticized AI's 2012 World Report in a few areas:

AI criticized Israel's blockade on Gaza without mentioning that the blockade was in place "to stop the smuggling of weapons and rockets used to target Israeli citizens." NGO Monitor continued and said that "UN Secretary General’s Palmer Committee declared in September 2011 that the blockade is legal under international law."
AI "failed to mention the thousands of tons of goods provided by Israel to Gaza each week."
NGO Monitor also pointed out that AI's report "mentions Israel 137 times, while making only 74 mentions of the Syrian regime," during a year in which thousands of people have been killed by the Syrian government.[27]
AI allowed a speaking event to take place in London in May 2011, organized by the magazine Middle East Monitor Online (MEMO) and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Much controversy surrounded this event since one of the speakers included Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper. In the past, Atwan has said that "he would “dance with delight” in Trafalgar Square if Iran attacked Israel, "and that the terrorist attack on the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, in which eight students were killed, “was justified” as it was responsible for “hatching Israeli extremists and fundamentalists.” Amnesty responded by saying that "while we did have concerns about the way the event had originally been organized, these have been resolved."[28]

AI also allowed a speaking event to take place in January 2012, which included a speaker who is viewed as anti-Israel. UK’s Zionist Federation said that the speaker "goes beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior" and asked that the event either not take place or that a pro-Israel speaker be allowed to attend as well. In addition, NGO Monitor's Gerald Steinberg said that the speaker's "intense hatred directed at Israel, which is the embodiment of Jewish sovereign equality in the world, is entirely inconsistent with the universal values that Amnesty claims to promote. If Amnesty seeks to restore its tarnished moral credentials, it must end this cooperation, and join in denouncing White’s anti-Israel campaigns."[29]

Some people have criticized AI of promoting an unbalanced and excessive focus on Israel. The American Jewish Congress asserts that AI's criticism of Israel distorts the law of war by "read[ing] the law of war as if it was a law banning war", and misinterprets the Geneva Conventions with regard to the issue of proportionality in war.[30] Yael Beck and Merav Fima of NGO Monitor, a Pro-Israel NGO, claim the AI has an "obsession with Israel" and "persistently condemns Israel while ignoring suffering elsewhere".[31]

Alan Dershowitz, professor of law at Harvard University, in his book The Case for Israel, is very critical of AI and their comparison of Israel to nations such as Sudan and other offenders of human rights. Amnesty International has consistently called on Israel to bring any officer suspected of human rights violations to justice and to remove its settlements in the West Bank. It has also opposed "discrimination" against Arab citizens of Israel, and claims that the Law of Return and Entry into Israel Law are discriminatory, as they grant automatic citizenship to Jews worldwide, while denying Palestinian refugees the right of return. It has also opposed the blockade of the Gaza Strip, calling it "collective punishment".[citation needed]

In 2010 Frank Johansson, the chairman of Amnesty International-Finland called Israel a "nilkkimaa," a derogatory term variously translated as "scum state", "creep state" or "punk state."[32][33] Johansson stood by his statement, saying that they were based on Israel's "repeated flouting of international law", and his own personal experiences with Israelis. When asked by a journalist if any other country on earth that could be described in these terms, he said that he could not think of any, although some individual “Russian officials” could be so described.[33] According to Israeli professor Gerald M. Steinberg of NGO Monitor “Amnesty International has promoted an intense anti-Israel ideology, resulting in statements like these."[33]

In November 2012, Amnesty UK began a disciplinary process against staffer Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty UK campaigns manager, because of a posting on his Twitter account, said to be anti-semitic, regarding three Jewish members of parliament and the Israeli military operation in Gaza where he wrote “Louise Ellman, Robert Halfon and Luciana Berger walk into a bar…each orders a round of B52s … #Gaza”. Amnesty International UK said “the matter has been referred to our internal and confidential processes.” Amnesty’s campaigns director Tim Hancock said, “We do not believe that humour is appropriate in the current circumstances, particularly from our own members of staff.” An Amnesty International UK spokesperson later said the charity had decided that “the tweet in question was ill-advised and had the potential to be offensive and inflammatory but was not racist or antisemitic". [34][35][36]

Criticism of Amnesty International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LOL !

Nice ownage on Alfie !

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Alfie can't be taken seriously. Anything he says can be taken with a pinch of salt.

 

[IlarMeilyr]

"demands"

Shamesty International can kacken zee ahf deh levanah.

I'm not surprised israelis and zionists would be profanely critical of a respected international organization who...

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

Kind of hits home for you, huh?

A global movement of give or take a couple of million leftists.



Their goal is to end national sovereignty. One UNIVERSAL World Gubmint. Yeah. THAT should work.

And if they could end the deprivation of human rights along the way, they're ok with that too. But mostly when it comes to Israel and maybe the United States and a few other western democracies.

It is really close-minded and silly to take AI seriously.

 

[P F Tinmore]

No, I ask for links if I dispute what is said. Thing is people on your side make claims that people think are true because they have been repeated so many times that they 'must' be true. However that is not always the case. I am not here to give you a hard time as I feel you are having a hard enough time as it is. I am here to debate and to dispute claims that are not true.

Israel Extends Zone for Fishing Off Gaza

JERUSALEM — Israel said Tuesday that it would permit Palestinians to fish up to six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, canceling the limit of three nautical miles that was imposed after Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel in March.

Four fishermen have been wounded by Israeli fire since November as they approached newly relaxed security perimeters, and more than 40 have been briefly detained by Israeli naval forces, according to Mr. Ayyash, but all were released the same day. Mr. Ayyash said that the Israelis had confiscated equipment from fishermen who were detained and had rarely returned it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/w...l-extends-zone-for-fishing-off-gaza.html?_r=0

So Gaza fires rockets into Israel, and Israel extends Gazan's fishing limits. That makes sense, not.

Seems to me the Gazan fishermen try to push their luck with the extended zone to go beyond it and the Israeli coastguards are trying to push the fishermen back into the zone. I would imagine that goes on the world over with fishing zone limits. Perhaps Israel should get some fish from outside the zone and drop them inside the zone. Problem sorted.

Hey, this is a good system. I think Israel should sell it to the Gazan Authority.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDM-swSM9T0]The Urban Fish Farm of the Future - YouTube[/ame]

Fish farming goes urban thanks to Israeli ingenuity [VIDEO] | ISRAEL21c

Gaza has had fish farms for years. Israel thinks it invents everything.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryBz4w6ewlw]Fish farms help meet demand on blockaded Gaza coast - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Israel Extends Zone for Fishing Off Gaza

JERUSALEM — Israel said Tuesday that it would permit Palestinians to fish up to six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, canceling the limit of three nautical miles that was imposed after Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel in March.

Four fishermen have been wounded by Israeli fire since November as they approached newly relaxed security perimeters, and more than 40 have been briefly detained by Israeli naval forces, according to Mr. Ayyash, but all were released the same day. Mr. Ayyash said that the Israelis had confiscated equipment from fishermen who were detained and had rarely returned it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/w...l-extends-zone-for-fishing-off-gaza.html?_r=0

So Gaza fires rockets into Israel, and Israel extends Gazan's fishing limits. That makes sense, not.

Seems to me the Gazan fishermen try to push their luck with the extended zone to go beyond it and the Israeli coastguards are trying to push the fishermen back into the zone. I would imagine that goes on the world over with fishing zone limits. Perhaps Israel should get some fish from outside the zone and drop them inside the zone. Problem sorted.

Hey, this is a good system. I think Israel should sell it to the Gazan Authority.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDM-swSM9T0]The Urban Fish Farm of the Future - YouTube[/ame]

Fish farming goes urban thanks to Israeli ingenuity [VIDEO] | ISRAEL21c

Gaza has had fish farms for years. Israel thinks it invents everything.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryBz4w6ewlw]Fish farms help meet demand on blockaded Gaza coast - YouTube[/ame]

Then that leads us to believe the boat purposely tried to go out of the fishing zone limit purely for proparganda and Pallywood purposes. Typical Gazan mentality. Always shooting themselves in the foot. Not the brightest tools in the box are they?

 

[Alfalfa]

Shamesty International can kacken zee ahf deh levanah.

I'm not surprised israelis and zionists would be profanely critical of a respected international organization who...

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

Kind of hits home for you, huh?

Read and weep, or not in your case.


Israel[edit]

Elliott Abrams, writing about the November 2012 Israeli military response in Gaza, says that AI treats "Hamas and other terrorist groups" "with an 'evenhandedness' that bespeaks deep biases," citing NGO Monitor's detailed research.[23]

The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticised the May 2012 report on administrative detention saying it was "one sided,” and “not particularly serious,” and "that it seemed little more than a public relations gimmick.” Gerald Steinberg, of NGO Monitor, said that the report was tied to the recent Palestinian hunger strikes and that AI “jumped on the bandwagon to help their Palestinian allies.”[24] Steinberg also pointed out that one of the researchers, Deborah Hyams was not a neutral party, saying that “Hyams has volunteered as a ‘human shield’ in Beit Jala (near Bethlehem) to deter Israeli military responses to gunfire and mortars targeting Jewish civilians in Jerusalem,” and that “in 2008 she signed a letter claiming Israel is 'a state founded on terrorism, massacres and the dispossession of another people from their land.'[25] The Israeli embassy in London called AI “ridiculous”. AI admitted that this report “is not intended to address violations of detainees’ rights by the Palestinian Authority, or the Hamas de facto administration. These violations have been and will continue to be addressed separately by the organisation”.[26]

In May 2012, NGO Monitor criticized AI's 2012 World Report in a few areas:

AI criticized Israel's blockade on Gaza without mentioning that the blockade was in place "to stop the smuggling of weapons and rockets used to target Israeli citizens." NGO Monitor continued and said that "UN Secretary General’s Palmer Committee declared in September 2011 that the blockade is legal under international law."
AI "failed to mention the thousands of tons of goods provided by Israel to Gaza each week."
NGO Monitor also pointed out that AI's report "mentions Israel 137 times, while making only 74 mentions of the Syrian regime," during a year in which thousands of people have been killed by the Syrian government.[27]
AI allowed a speaking event to take place in London in May 2011, organized by the magazine Middle East Monitor Online (MEMO) and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Much controversy surrounded this event since one of the speakers included Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper. In the past, Atwan has said that "he would “dance with delight” in Trafalgar Square if Iran attacked Israel, "and that the terrorist attack on the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, in which eight students were killed, “was justified” as it was responsible for “hatching Israeli extremists and fundamentalists.” Amnesty responded by saying that "while we did have concerns about the way the event had originally been organized, these have been resolved."[28]

AI also allowed a speaking event to take place in January 2012, which included a speaker who is viewed as anti-Israel. UK’s Zionist Federation said that the speaker "goes beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior" and asked that the event either not take place or that a pro-Israel speaker be allowed to attend as well. In addition, NGO Monitor's Gerald Steinberg said that the speaker's "intense hatred directed at Israel, which is the embodiment of Jewish sovereign equality in the world, is entirely inconsistent with the universal values that Amnesty claims to promote. If Amnesty seeks to restore its tarnished moral credentials, it must end this cooperation, and join in denouncing White’s anti-Israel campaigns."[29]

Some people have criticized AI of promoting an unbalanced and excessive focus on Israel. The American Jewish Congress asserts that AI's criticism of Israel distorts the law of war by "read[ing] the law of war as if it was a law banning war", and misinterprets the Geneva Conventions with regard to the issue of proportionality in war.[30] Yael Beck and Merav Fima of NGO Monitor, a Pro-Israel NGO, claim the AI has an "obsession with Israel" and "persistently condemns Israel while ignoring suffering elsewhere".[31]

Alan Dershowitz, professor of law at Harvard University, in his book The Case for Israel, is very critical of AI and their comparison of Israel to nations such as Sudan and other offenders of human rights. Amnesty International has consistently called on Israel to bring any officer suspected of human rights violations to justice and to remove its settlements in the West Bank. It has also opposed "discrimination" against Arab citizens of Israel, and claims that the Law of Return and Entry into Israel Law are discriminatory, as they grant automatic citizenship to Jews worldwide, while denying Palestinian refugees the right of return. It has also opposed the blockade of the Gaza Strip, calling it "collective punishment".[citation needed]

In 2010 Frank Johansson, the chairman of Amnesty International-Finland called Israel a "nilkkimaa," a derogatory term variously translated as "scum state", "creep state" or "punk state."[32][33] Johansson stood by his statement, saying that they were based on Israel's "repeated flouting of international law", and his own personal experiences with Israelis. When asked by a journalist if any other country on earth that could be described in these terms, he said that he could not think of any, although some individual “Russian officials” could be so described.[33] According to Israeli professor Gerald M. Steinberg of NGO Monitor “Amnesty International has promoted an intense anti-Israel ideology, resulting in statements like these."[33]

In November 2012, Amnesty UK began a disciplinary process against staffer Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty UK campaigns manager, because of a posting on his Twitter account, said to be anti-semitic, regarding three Jewish members of parliament and the Israeli military operation in Gaza where he wrote “Louise Ellman, Robert Halfon and Luciana Berger walk into a bar…each orders a round of B52s … #Gaza”. Amnesty International UK said “the matter has been referred to our internal and confidential processes.” Amnesty’s campaigns director Tim Hancock said, “We do not believe that humour is appropriate in the current circumstances, particularly from our own members of staff.” An Amnesty International UK spokesperson later said the charity had decided that “the tweet in question was ill-advised and had the potential to be offensive and inflammatory but was not racist or antisemitic". [34][35][36]

Criticism of Amnesty International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This can't get anymore hilarious. NGO Monitor is an israeli propaganda and hasbara front organization for israel created and funded by the "Israel Ministry of Truth". It islocated in jerusalem and here is it's mission statement...

Our Mission Statement

NGO Monitor provides information and analysis, promotes accountability, and supports discussion on the reports and activities of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) claiming to advance human rights and humanitarian agendas.

Aims and Objectives

The aim of NGO Monitor, as outlined in the mission statement, is to generate and distribute critical analysis and reports on the output of the international NGO community for the benefit of government policy makers, journalists, philanthropic organizations and the general public. We intend to publicize distortions of human rights issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict and provide information and context for the benefit of NGOs working in the Middle East. We hope this will lead to an informed public debate on the role of humanitarian NGOs.

NGO Monitor's objective is to end the practice used by certain self-declared 'humanitarian NGOs' of exploiting the label 'universal human rights values' to promote politically and ideologically motivated agendas.

A zionist quoting NGO monitor is about as credible as a KKK member quoting "Christian Identity Today".

One has to consider the chutzpah of anyone using this org as some kind of respected, credible source. The entirety of the world outside israel and worldwide judaism treats it as a propaganda organ of the zionist government in israel and zionists worldwide.

You set 'em up and I'll hit them over the fence.

 

[Alfalfa]

Here is it's staff...not a goy in sight.

Management
Professor Gerald Steinberg President
Dov Yarden Chief Executive Officer

International Law Department
Anne Herzberg Legal Advisor

Research Department
Yitzhak Santis Chief Programs Officer
Naftali Balanson Managing Editor
Avigail Sugarman Deputy Editor
Josh Bacon Israel Desk
Itai Reuveni Israel Desk
Shira Michael Israel Desk

Communications Department
Lenny Ben-David Director of Communications
Lena Abayev Deputy Director of Communications
Arnie Draiman Online Communications

 

[IlarMeilyr]

Here is it's staff...not a goy in sight.

Management
Professor Gerald Steinberg President
Dov Yarden Chief Executive Officer

International Law Department
Anne Herzberg Legal Advisor

Research Department
Yitzhak Santis Chief Programs Officer
Naftali Balanson Managing Editor
Avigail Sugarman Deputy Editor
Josh Bacon Israel Desk
Itai Reuveni Israel Desk
Shira Michael Israel Desk

Communications Department
Lenny Ben-David Director of Communications
Lena Abayev Deputy Director of Communications
Arnie Draiman Online Communications

^ Alfie thinks he has made a point!

 

[Alfalfa]

Donors...again not a goy in sight.

We are grateful to our generous donors

Helen Diller Family Foundation, San Francisco
The Immerman Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Klarman Family Foundation, Boston
Koret Foundation, San Francisco
Linden Trust for Conservation (NY)
Middle East Forum Education Project, Philadelphia
JCEF as recommended by the MZ Philanthropic Fund
Ben & Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, Baltimore
Paul E. Singer
Goodman Family Supporting Foundation of The Jewish Community Foundation
Julis Foundation for Multidisciplinary Thinking
Wechsler Family Foundation (MA)
Photos

 

[IlarMeilyr]

Donors...again not a goy in sight.

We are grateful to our generous donors

Helen Diller Family Foundation, San Francisco
The Immerman Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Klarman Family Foundation, Boston
Koret Foundation, San Francisco
Linden Trust for Conservation (NY)
Middle East Forum Education Project, Philadelphia
JCEF as recommended by the MZ Philanthropic Fund
Ben & Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, Baltimore
Paul E. Singer
Goodman Family Supporting Foundation of The Jewish Community Foundation
Julis Foundation for Multidisciplinary Thinking
Wechsler Family Foundation (MA)
Photos

^ still thinking he has made a point.

 

[Hollie]

Israel and Gaza are not at war? That's news to me. When was the peace treaty signed?

An occupation is not a war.

And a peace treaty was signed............with Egypt!

A peace treaty was signed:............ with Anwar Sadat

That indiscretion ( and affront to the islamist world), cost him his life.

 

[Alfalfa]

I've just spent the last 30 minutes or so researching NGO and let me tell you, it ain't pretty.

How far down the rabbit hole do you want me to go?

 

[Jos]

Here is it's staff...not a goy in sight.

Management
Professor Gerald Steinberg President
Dov Yarden Chief Executive Officer

International Law Department
Anne Herzberg Legal Advisor

Research Department
Yitzhak Santis Chief Programs Officer
Naftali Balanson Managing Editor
Avigail Sugarman Deputy Editor
Josh Bacon Israel Desk
Itai Reuveni Israel Desk
Shira Michael Israel Desk

Communications Department
Lenny Ben-David Director of Communications
Lena Abayev Deputy Director of Communications
Arnie Draiman Online Communications

^ Alfie thinks he has made a point!

Shmeckle breath misses the point

 

[toastman]

I've just spent the last 30 minutes or so researching NGO and let me tell you, it ain't pretty.

How far down the rabbit hole do you want me to go?

The only reason you're criticizing it is because it's an Israeli website.

BTW, do you think we care what an anti-Zionist, Israeli hating, propaganda spewing person like you thinks about these websites??

 

[toastman]

Here is it's staff...not a goy in sight.

Management
Professor Gerald Steinberg President
Dov Yarden Chief Executive Officer

International Law Department
Anne Herzberg Legal Advisor

Research Department
Yitzhak Santis Chief Programs Officer
Naftali Balanson Managing Editor
Avigail Sugarman Deputy Editor
Josh Bacon Israel Desk
Itai Reuveni Israel Desk
Shira Michael Israel Desk

Communications Department
Lenny Ben-David Director of Communications
Lena Abayev Deputy Director of Communications
Arnie Draiman Online Communications

^ Alfie thinks he has made a point!

Shmeckle breath misses the point

Which is ?

 

[Hollie]

I've just spent the last 30 minutes or so researching NGO and let me tell you, it ain't pretty.

How far down the rabbit hole do you want me to go?

Until you can't be seen or heard.

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

There are no lies in that section of anti-Israel bias. It's funny how these Israel haters, whether in Institutions or even on message boards do not hide their hate and lies. That is why there is far more support for Israel than you haters would like to admit. Brilliant stuff.

 

[Jos]

^ Alfie thinks he has made a point!

Shmeckle breath misses the point

Which is ?

"NGO Monitor doesn't have a word of criticism for Israel, nor a word of acknowledgment, even grudging, for any detail in any human rights report that shows Israel to be less than utterly blameless. In fact, on the subject of Israel's human rights record, NGO Monitor doesn't have a word of disagreement with the Prime Minister's Office."[65]

John H. Richardson, writing in Esquire magazine's online magazine in 2009 described NGO Monitor as a "rabidly partisan organization that attacks just about anyone who dares to criticize Israel on any grounds". It notes that Steinberg is dedicated to fighting "the narrative war", and has made a "special project" of attacking Human Rights Watch.

NGO Monitor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Jos]

There are no lies in that section of anti-Israel bias. It's funny how these Israel haters, whether in Institutions or even on message boards do not hide their hate and lies. That is why there is far more support for Israel than you haters would like to admit. Brilliant stuff.

Did I mention, **** israel?