The Garlasco-Wehrmacht thing gets creepy http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/the-garlasco-wehrmacht-thing-gets-creepy/ I’ve been holding back on the Nazi memorabilia revelations sweeping the right blogosphere about Marc Gerlasco, the military analyst at Human Rights Watch, and an author of a report accusing Israel of excessive use of white phosphorous in Gaza. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-09-10T;23:23:00-05:00 Comment by Michael Levin MichaelLevin11@mac.com Israeli Foreign Ministry Smears Human Rights Watch Analyst http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/09/14/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-human-rights-watch-analyst/ “The victim of this smear has written an explanation of his behavior that should be read by anyone who wishes to be fair” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-garlasco/human-rights-watch-invest_b_284075.html Israeli Foreign Ministry Smears Human Rights Watch Analyst
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/09/14/israeli-foreign-ministry-smears-human-rights-watch-analyst/
“The victim of this smear has written an explanation of his behavior that should be read by anyone who wishes to be fair”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-garlasco/human-rights-watch-invest_b_284075.html

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by Matthew Schutz matt613@att.net I guess it depends on the report.  The Red Cross was unable to find evidence of illegal use of White Phosphorus, for example. I guess it depends on the report.  The Red Cross was unable to find evidence of illegal use of White Phosphorus, for example.

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by Yosef Hartuv yosefandmelody@gmail.com A Nazi-memorabilia hobby sure is a strange one for a professional human-rights activist to have. Are there any senior staffers at PETA who moonlight as collectors of fur coats and leg-hold traps? Garlasco must know how odd this looks because he maintains aphotography website that contains pictures of many diverse things—but no tip-off that one of his favorite photography subjects is . . . Nazi medals. http://calevbenyefuneh.blogspot.com/2009/09/latest-human-rights-watch-bombshell.html#links A Nazi-memorabilia hobby sure is a strange one for a professional human-rights activist to have. Are there any senior staffers at PETA who moonlight as collectors of fur coats and leg-hold traps? Garlasco must know how odd this looks because he maintains aphotography website that contains pictures of many diverse things—but no tip-off that one of his favorite photography subjects is . . . Nazi medals.
http://calevbenyefuneh.blogspot.com/2009/09/latest-human-rights-watch-bombshell.html#links

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by blackie sschwartz@inbox.com All this obfuscation...HRW is pro-Pali/Arab and anti-Israel. End of story! All this obfuscation...HRW is pro-Pali/Arab and anti-Israel. End of story!

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by "NGO Monitor - Gerald Steinberg" gerald.steinberg@gmail.com Garlasco is a major symptom of a powerful organization that has gone wrong, and where the cover-ups amplify the failures (remember the Saudi fund-raiser?). For a detailed analysis, see the “hot on the net” (as distinct from “ot-off-the press) insiders draft of the 100-page NGO Monitor report: “Experts or Ideologues: Systematic Analysis of Human Rights Watch’s Focus on Israel—2001-2009” http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/experts_or_ideologues_systematic_analysis_of_human_rights_watch NGO Monitor’s detailed report examines HRW’s activities related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, and particularly on Israel—including analysis of key HRW staff members, five case studies of HRW campaigns, and quantitative analysis comparing HRW publications in the Middle East, covering the period from 2002 to 2009. Garlasco is a major symptom of a powerful organization that has gone wrong, and where the cover-ups amplify the failures (remember the Saudi fund-raiser?). For a detailed analysis, see the “hot on the net” (as distinct from “ot-off-the press) insiders draft of the 100-page NGO Monitor report:
“Experts or Ideologues: Systematic Analysis of Human Rights Watch’s Focus on Israel—2001-2009”

http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/experts_or_ideologues_systematic_analysis_of_human_rights_watch

NGO Monitor’s detailed report examines HRW’s activities related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, and particularly on Israel—including analysis of key HRW staff members, five case studies of HRW campaigns, and quantitative analysis comparing HRW publications in the Middle East, covering the period from 2002 to 2009.

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by David david.ehrens@gmail.com Mr. Gerlasco himself is certainly creepy, but two questions about Human Rights Watch’s report on Gaza must be answered: 1. was Gerlasco the only author?—NO 2. are the report results confirmed by other sources?—YES The Gerlasco affair is otherwise just an interesting sideshow. Mr. Gerlasco himself is certainly creepy, but two questions about Human Rights Watch’s report on Gaza must be answered:

1. was Gerlasco the only author?—NO
2. are the report results confirmed by other sources?—YES

The Gerlasco affair is otherwise just an interesting sideshow.

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