Hey, someone with some sense finally pipes up. In a New York Times opinion piece, Robert L. Bernstein slams the organization. He writes that HRW with increasing frequency, casts aside its important distinction between open and closed societies. He states that the Arab and Iranian regimes rule over some 350 million people, and "most remain brutal, closed and autocratic" yet their abuses get largely ignored, as HRW prepares report after report on Israel.
This sharp criticism comes on the heels of the stunning revelation that a prominent member of HRW, Marc Garlasco, their senior military analyst, the guy who has written said reports on Israel, has an obsession with Nazi gear.
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