Human Rights Watch

Jew-Free Investing

How the BDS campaign infiltrated ESG

UN Human Rights Council report aims to put Israelis behind bars

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on the May 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict released its highly anticipated report on Tuesday. The commission distorts history and erases Jerusalem’s...

How to Curb Anti-Israel Bias Inside ESG Risk Ratings

Bad neighbors

Russia is not the only nation threatening the existence of nearby nations

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: April

On Amnesty’s car-crash interview in Israel

When the two most senior Amnesty officials presented their new report in Israel they struggled to answer the most basic questions. Their responses, writes Shany Mor, were ‘a mix of exasperation, ignorance, self-contradiction, and conspiratorial magical thinking’.

Biden Can Reset the UN’s Discriminatory Approach to Israel

The United States led when it persuaded the General Assembly to repeal its 1975 vote declaring Zionism to be racism. It should now actively and decisively lead the effort to end the Commission of Inquiry, which the UNHRC created to conclude essentially the same thing.

Taiwan 194

Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China

American NGOs Rally Behind Groups Accused by Israel of Terrorism

A battle is raging over Israel’s declaration that six Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGO) are fronts for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S.-designated terrorist...

Why Hamas fights

A new book sheds light on Israel’s wars with Gaza’s rulers

The Road To Damascus Is Paved With Good Intentions

Excerpt Carsten Wieland, Syria and the Neutrality Trap: The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes (Bloomsbury, 2021) Bashar al Assad relied on Russian warplanes to ensure his...

Norwegian divestment illustrates weakness of campaign to boycott Israel

It will be important to see if the blacklist’s impact is boosted by the new UNHRC commission of inquiry into Israeli activities in the disputed territories, which was approved on May 27.

The Islamic Republic’s war on Israel

Hamas is a weapon, and the Palestinians are pawns

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early May

Human Rights Watch crosses a threshold

Its latest attack on Israel goes beyond antisemitism.

Iran Is More Than Persia

Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic

China

Strip Qatar’s Homophobic Regime of the 2022 World Cup Now

There is no shortage of compelling reasons to relocate the 2022 FIFA World Cup from the small Gulf country of Qatar to another host nation. The frequently cited arguments range from Qatar bribing members...

Tehran Consolidates Hardline Gains At Home While COVID-19 Spreads

Iran experienced its highest-ever record of coronavirus-related deaths in just one day earlier this month, bringing the official number of reported deaths since late February to more than 13,000. These...

Below the Belt and Road

Corruption and Illicit Dealings in China’s Global Infrastructure