Attending school at illegal settlement doesn't legitimize apparent kidnapping of #Israel teens. They should be freed http://t.co/EO1jeWh8Ht
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) June 14, 2014
Palestinian autopsy refutes #Israel denial showing its forces used live bullets to kill boy posing no imminent threat http://t.co/mG8ShLawFU
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) June 15, 2014
Kidnapping 3 Israeli boys is wrong. So is killing 2 Palest'n boys posing no imminent threat. Join me to condemn both? http://t.co/bssHoRDJ6l
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) June 15, 2014
3 abducted #Israel boys should be released "immediately & unconditionally," but no excuse for arbitrary arrests: @HRW http://t.co/Jq57e0T2nL
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) June 16, 2014
Kidnapping is war crime under 4th Geneva Conv'n but #Israel rejects its West Bank application to protect settlements. http://t.co/9ZBuYpf2Bu
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) June 16, 2014
He can't stop: @KenRoth again finds way to mention kidnapping of Israeli teens – "but" to slam Israel. See above and: http://t.co/5Z2QohJMAP
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 16, 2014
.@KenRoth You slammed Israel for demolishing houses; AP says it didn't happen. Why knee-jerk condemnations over facts?http://t.co/OUl4pCDewU
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 1, 2014
Of all the UN rights chiefs & NGOs (e.g. @KenRoth) that hailed Palestinians 4 signing rights treaties, none ask them to comply. #justsaying
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 1, 2014
PA's Abbas: Will Netanyahu “condemn the kidnapping & killing” of Muhammad “as we condemned" that of 3 Israeli teens? http://t.co/qpSoq9SbIs
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 2, 2014
#Israel should bring to justice kidnap-killers of 3 teens, not create more injustice through collective punishment. http://t.co/dAOn7OU98j
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 2, 2014
#Israel military operations in West Bank after abduction/murder of 3 teens amount to collective punishment: @HRW. http://t.co/yrxqHQOcUx
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 3, 2014
Rather than defend "increasingly indefensible Israeli behavior," US hints it won't "carry diplomatic water" as much. http://t.co/5P59ZRiosA
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 3, 2014
#Israel apparently deceived public to think 3 kidnapped teens were alive when it knew they were almost certainly dead http://t.co/xjvvoB7Si7
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 3, 2014
Does anyone remember another Israeli official calling possible Israeli killing of Palestinian "an act of terrorism"? http://t.co/pzlW6XE7oR
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 3, 2014
Video apparently showing two #Israel undercover police brutally kicking & beating Palestinian man in East Jerusalem: http://t.co/9u4uwK4rH2
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 4, 2014
As evidence suggests 16yo Muhammad was burned alive as possible revenge, #Israel police brutally beat his 15yo cousin http://t.co/aXMHH40Rwa
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 5, 2014
US "profoundly troubled" by #Israel police's severe beating of US citizen cousin of murdered Palestinian boy. http://t.co/WdBxSbECGA
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 6, 2014
.@KenRoth You’re projecting: it was you who refused to condemn murder of “illegal” Israeli teens w/o qualification: http://t.co/z1BldebMyf
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 6, 2014
.@KenRoth I hope @Malinowski in Bahrain told al-Wefaq leader Ayatollah Isa Qassem to stop calling democracy “evil." http://t.co/UCuemWdxFo
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 8, 2014
.@KenRoth You praised PA for signing int’l covs; so why u & @HRW colleague @sarahleah1 silent as PA gov partner fires rockets at civilians?
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 8, 2014
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, indiscriminate; Israeli targeting of Gaza homes, collective punishment: @HRW. http://t.co/mVf7z08l8J
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 9, 2014
April: Pal'ns sign Geneva Conventions –> cheered by @UN_HRC @amnesty & @HRW's @KenRoth.
Now: they fire rockets at civilians –> #silence.— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 8, 2014
Retroactively calling family home of Hamas militant a command center doesn't justify #Israel attacking it. http://t.co/J2VtyeWN8m
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 10, 2014
April: Abbas signs Geneva Conventions – cheered by @UN @HRW @KenRoth.
Now: Abbas' Fatah bombs civilians – #silence. http://t.co/jCNIUwqiIp— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 10, 2014
Of course #ICC could prosecute Palestinian rocket launchers. Also Israeli war criminals. That's impartial justice. http://t.co/yGZAwd3xYf
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 11, 2014
#Israel missile kills 9, wounds 15, posing major security threat by watching World Cup at Gaza's Fun Time Beach cafe. http://t.co/m9gxcxBE66
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 11, 2014
Impunity for #Israel settlers' "price tag" attacks on Palestinians–"eye for an eye" philosophy–fuels more violence. http://t.co/4tU0SjYulr
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 11, 2014
Alleged Hamas militant sleeping/living in family home doesn't make it a "command & control center" as #Israel claims. http://t.co/1AD8u069ql
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 11, 2014
Many Gaza civilian casualties were from #Israel attacks on homes. "Serious doubt" about legality: UN rights chief. http://t.co/38wfhhSDJU
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 12, 2014
This Ramadan, Gaza suffers under #Israel attack: half of 100 dead are civilians, hospitals running short of supplies. http://t.co/2BgX7zZXOl
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 12, 2014
Warning northern Gazans to flee doesn't mean Israel can target those left http://t.co/IcrCZQClGb as it did in Lebanon http://t.co/GlAvTye7Q6
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 12, 2014
Observers: Hamas might stop indiscriminate rocket attacks if Israel & Egypt end collective-punishment siege of Gaza. http://t.co/KPmxoGuOBU
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 14, 2014
Graphic of Gaza-Israel conflict showing people killed (mostly Palestinian) & rockets launched. http://t.co/QFqWViICqS pic.twitter.com/VPL1jp1s0c
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 14, 2014
Bulldozer destroying militant family home in WBank: collective punishment. Missile destroying it in Gaza: war crime. http://t.co/UMEN1672mx
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 15, 2014
Even if militant is legit military target, attacking family home likely to cause disproportionate civilian casualties http://t.co/csF97WfmoY
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 16, 2014
#Israel claims but gives no proof to justify attacking militant family homes as supposed "command & control" centers. http://t.co/F7Un5sqpMr
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 16, 2014
Stopping rocket attacks or fighting occupation may be reason to go to war but it's no justification for war crimes. http://t.co/oL0MhB9fFg
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 16, 2014
#Israel warns eastern #Gaza city residents to evacuate, suggesting (contrary to law) that anything goes if they don't pic.twitter.com/QbxDxADySQ
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 16, 2014
#Israel's vaunted precision attacks when targeting civilian structures like family homes are just plain war crimes. http://t.co/tDTw5d5027
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 16, 2014
Summary of toll through July 15 on both sides of this latest round in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, via @NYTimes. pic.twitter.com/pHLi80RQRp
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 16, 2014
#Israel's economy is booming, so even US conservatives question why US still pays for its arms (which kill civilians) http://t.co/Un4bnLbZP0
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 18, 2014
#Israel partisan diversionary tactic of pointing out that someone else is worse doesn't justify Israel's violating law protecting civilians.
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 19, 2014
If anyone can identify any meaningful difference now between Hamas' social media feed and that of HRW director @kenroth, please let me know.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 20, 2014
#Israel's use of flechettes in a densely populated area such as Gaza can easily become indiscriminate. http://t.co/ivovnhqlIj
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 21, 2014
If #Israel's "precise" air war produces these civilian casualties, one must shudder at what the ground war is doing. http://t.co/e1EAzMaJrL
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 22, 2014
People accept @HRW reporting as fair & accurate around globe but when it comes to poor, helpless, defenseless #Israel we're suddenly biased.
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 22, 2014
Interesting: Hamas rocket kills Bedouin Arab —> @KenRoth blames Israel.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 20, 2014
.@KenRoth Meaning. . .you’re OK saying UNHRC “lives up to its promise” 2 days b4 #China #Russia #Cuba #Saudi join? http://t.co/QbuDx9lPdc
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 22, 2014
This Washington Post graphic helps us visualize the death toll of the current #Gaza fighting. http://t.co/GUHqRFZm3X pic.twitter.com/JM8jZ7wyhN
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 22, 2014
Dear @KenRoth,
You claim to be fair, but you pushed for UN inquiry knowing it’d produce this Hamas-supporting draft: http://t.co/ySHxKxdrxh— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 23, 2014
Speaks for itself: #Israel ambassador says IDF deserves Nobel Peace Prize for its "unimaginable restraint" in #Gaza. http://t.co/JWfKHCblfd
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 23, 2014
US is shamefully alone in opposing UN rights council investigation for #Gaza. It passes anyway, 29 to 1; 17 abstain. pic.twitter.com/2cpLl6EoRV
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 23, 2014
In face of @HRW's detailed evidence of attacks on civilians, #Israel ambassador just blathers about "kangaroo court." http://t.co/WR0z9OeFhx
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 23, 2014
#Israel seems to use argument against "moral symmetry" with Hamas to seek immoral exemption from Geneva Conventions. http://t.co/3PxQk6vidp
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 23, 2014
The "two-state solution" as seen from besieged #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/H2c4p1iVy6
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 24, 2014
Cheap excuse. There were no "human shields" when Israel targeted boys on beach, attacked hospital, killed 25 in house http://t.co/uu4UvWgWhs
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 24, 2014
Gaza civilians aren't deserving of protection because they elected Hamas?! That's the logic of terrorism. http://t.co/iRp2pwqAKZ
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 25, 2014
Hi @KenRoth,
Lovely to debate your chap Bill on Al Jazeera. 1st he said Hamas terror tunnels = a “slogan.” Then he said it, too. Progress!— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 25, 2014
New record of ignominy: in space of 90 minutes, @KenRoth just posted #twice that Hamas "never uses human shields.” Says: “Show me evidence"
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 25, 2014
UN rights council recently launched investigations for Syria, SriLanka & NKorea but when it does for Gaza (both sides) it's accused of bias.
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 25, 2014
Israel's obligation to do all feasible to protect civilians persists even if they ignore its warning to evacuate. http://t.co/qMRO0vetvv
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 26, 2014
NYTimes dead wrong saying UN rights council "focused entirely on Israel" in launching Gaza probe. Still no correction http://t.co/wFZomfHvWq
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 26, 2014
.@KenRoth @GerardAraud No, Ken. US vetoes resolutions for the US. It's a tool, used for good to counter bias, for ill to shield villains.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 27, 2014
Remember when #Israel insisted Hamas was behind kidnap-murder of three West Bank teens. Oops, turns out it wasn't. http://t.co/Ltbfbi0kvk
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 27, 2014
Should Israel or Hamas go to war? @HRW takes no position, but we insist that if at war both sides respect Geneva Conventions. Neither is.
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 27, 2014
Cease-fire reveals staggering, unprecedented devastation in #Gaza neighborhoods like Shijaiyah http://t.co/wXBJlVqEuw pic.twitter.com/TH3HwBkaWZ
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 27, 2014
To those asking what I'd do if Hamas were firing at me, my response: I'd carefully target only combatants, not recklessly kill civilians.
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 27, 2014
It's far too facile to pass off global condemnation of #Israel's West Bank settlements & reckless killing of Gaza civilians as antisemitism
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 27, 2014
Palestine will pursue "all available legal & political" means to bring war criminals to justice but no mention of ICC http://t.co/PlPBspvlAQ
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 28, 2014
When Hamas-Israel war ends, @kenroth will still have his hourly ghost-written tweets on global killings—but nothing to personally obsess on.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 28, 2014
The Anti-Racist: in past week as Paris mobs attacked synagogues, @kenroth spoke on #antisemitism only to #deny it: https://t.co/pnL126w7RZ
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 28, 2014
Tunnels used to attack or capture civilians is a rights violation. Tunnels used to attack or capture soldiers isn't. http://t.co/gPPScdrYDO
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 29, 2014
.@KenRoth Are you so busy defending Hamas' right to kidnap Israeli soldiers that you've 0 to say on THIRD Hamas rocket cache @UNRWA school?
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 30, 2014
@HillelNeuer Too much time on your hands, but not enough time to read the front page of the NY Times: http://t.co/GySzJIZmYw
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 30, 2013
@HillelNeuer I see. I was right about the role of #Israel in US policy on #Egypt today (see NYTimes) but wrong about it a few days ago. Weak
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 30, 2013
#Israel state radio won't allow reading names of #Gaza children killed, so Israeli rights group @BTselem sues. http://t.co/FA7d5qd6pH
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 30, 2014
.@KenRoth just blamed #Israel for 'juvenile' tweets by random supporters. Is there ONE example of him blaming #PLO, #Hamas, #Iran for same?
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 4, 2014
@billy_richling @KenRoth What do you mean? He said he judged Israel's conduct by the "juvenile nature of many Twitter replies."
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 4, 2014
.@KenRoth But you lobbied 4 Islamic bloc's UN res that condemns Israel 18 times and Hamas 0 times. So your "I'm balanced" pose fools no one.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 5, 2014
Ex A: UN res condemning Israel 18x, Hamas 0http://t.co/yk7IbzaWDo
Ex B: @KenRoth (“I’m balanced!”) #supporting it: https://t.co/2mWgWIdReF— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 5, 2014
Oops: turns out @KenRoth’s “indiscriminate” charge was a complete lie: out of 137 killed in Gaza, 71 were terrorists. http://t.co/ovapdA6EMy
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 10, 2014
HRW director @KenRoth’s support for Hamas is no justification for Egypt to deny him entry.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 11, 2014
No, @Marianhouk, it's no joke. I repeat: @HRW director @KenRoth’s support for #Hamas is no justification for #Egypt to deny him entry.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 11, 2014
#Hamas terrorist group joins #HumanRightsWatch's @KenRoth in hailing new #UN Gaza probe chaired by William #Schabas: http://t.co/eCyKTzDByF
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 12, 2014
.@KenRoth’s renewed support for Hamas war effort, via bid to deny Israel defense, doesn’t justify his deportation out of Egypt on Monday.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 12, 2014
Six Ways Hamas Could Limit Civilian Casualties in Gaza: http://t.co/SAKS7JSlex During the war, why did #HRW's @KenRoth never publish this?
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 14, 2014
The Top 5 War-is-Peace accounts:
Assad: @@SANA_English
Putin: @KremlinRussia_E
Castro: @CUBAONU
Iran: @JZarif
Hamas has rights: @KenRoth— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 18, 2014
.@KenRoth attacks me for reminding world he claimed a #Hamas "right" to kidnap more Gilad Shalits w/ terror tunnels: https://t.co/DZabTkbrgV
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
.@KenRoth: Hamas has "right" to invade & kidnap more Gilad Shalits; and tunnels OK b/c killed many IDF soldiers: https://t.co/i5ZhOwwiRn
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
.@KenRoth You may have $228 million in bank, but I'm not scared of you. Your Israel mania draws you to back Hamas, enemy of human rights.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
Human wrongs: @KenRoth, who always presumes Israeli guilt, yet again gives legal OK to act of Hamas aggression. https://t.co/tgH4vS2Qi0
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
Dear @KenRoth,
Why as head of a rights org do you go out of your way to justify the acts of a murderous, misogynistic & anti-gay terror org?— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
.@KenRoth We know, Ken, but you're dodging the question: Why is a human rights activist going out of his way to legitimize Hamas attacks?
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
MT @KenRoth Can you tell if Boko Haram weapons are used to capture combatants (legal) or attack civilians (illegal)? pic.twitter.com/i7cdnHouT0
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
MEMO
———
FROM: @KenRoth
TO: V. Putin
As head of Human Rights Watch, I just wanted you to know that Int'l Hum'n Law allows aggression.— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
FROM: Human Rights Watch
TO: Nasrallah
RE: Aggression
It's my mission to let you & all terrorists know: IHL allows it! Enjoy.
Best,@KenRoth— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 19, 2014
No, @KenRoth, rights groups can condemn aggression:
FH: http://t.co/UiNpwMHVu6
HRF: http://t.co/hMXTDzN4xJ
ICJ: http://t.co/sjTnYLdVWC— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 20, 2014
.@KenRoth But the real issue, which you continue to dodge, is why you go out of your way to publish “IHL allows” tweets to support #Hamas.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 20, 2014
.@KenRoth And unlike your relentless “IHL allows” dispensations for Hamas tunnels + kidnapping, we haven’t seen any of same for IDF defense.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 20, 2014
UN's Schabas praised @KenRoth's "courageous positions on violations perpetrated by Israel vs. the ppl of Palestine." http://t.co/LuKaXXg9x3
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 20, 2014
@KenRoth Right. But why your relentless "IHL allows" dispensations for Hamas acts always entangled with IHL crimes?
(e.g. Gilad Shalit)— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 20, 2014
MT @KenRoth Can you tell if ISIS weapons are used to kill U.S. soldiers (IHL allows; not a human rights violation)? pic.twitter.com/dfCeMSqOl4
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 21, 2014
Inappropriate for @KenRoth to tweet on James Foley same time he tweets legal OKs for methods of Islamist terrorists now targeting civilians.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 21, 2014
@SigmaFriend
1. @KenRoth OK'd terror tunnels: https://t.co/DZabTkbrgV
2. Again https://t.co/i5ZhOwwiRn
3. And again https://t.co/tgH4vS2Qi0— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 21, 2014
Hollywood stars condemn genocidal anti-Semitism of #Hamas Charter: http://t.co/JkDOthBROL
Sad that @KenRoth won't. pic.twitter.com/89NS0kUQ6i— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 23, 2014
This is not the first time that the head of Human Rights Watch has been caught trying to inject Israel everywhere: https://t.co/aQ2v3U9tpA
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 24, 2014
Now: #Hamas attack wounds 3 Israeli Arabs who were driving Gazans to Israel for medical care. I urge @HRW's @KenRoth: Stop justifying Hamas.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 24, 2014
Despite what @KenRoth says, human rights activists should condemn Putin's invasion of Ukraine in violation of the UN Charter & Rome Statute.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 28, 2014
.@StephensWSJ Stop bashing Russia's invasion. Human rights activists mustn't criticize aggression, @kenroth told me: https://t.co/sq5hJqPseo
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 29, 2014
An Israeli nation confident it had acted properly wouldn't have barred radio broadcast of names of #Gaza kids killed. http://t.co/cNlxr2tRd4
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) August 28, 2014
Hillel, below I have attached additional compilations of quotes supporting Ken Roth’s evident bias .
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iie7Hp5zpQTHpPbqA3hbGCvmlq5-x5YHxf1pc2k1a8k/pub
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-twitter-hypocrisy-of-kenneth-roth/
