He walks off after about 35 minutes of a 60-minute interview. In our view, this is an expose of the deep bias that permeates Human Rights Watch. You be the judge.
Roth even goes as far as to claim that Israeli soldiers knowingly shot at people speaking in Hebrew.
Ironically, we also offer an apology to Norman Finkelstein here.
This is quite an episode.
04:44 Dershowitz was unfair to Finkelstein
13:05 Roth Intro
16:02 Proportionality
47:59 Israel Shoots White Flags and its Own Hostages
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Chairman of HRW repudiates Ken Roth: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html
Danielle Haas HRW letter or resignation: https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1727452511408152934
HRW on Palestinian White Flag Deaths: https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/08/13/white-flag-deaths/killings-palestinian-civilians-during-operation-cast-lead
HRW on Iraq: https://www.hrw.org/report/2003/12/11/target/conduct-war-and-civilian-casualties-iraq
HRW - Needless Deaths in the Gulf War: https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/1991/gulfwar/

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