*Dershowitz condones israel's murder and genocide.he's something other than American and should self-deport to israel.* On Monday, November 10, 2014 3:03:48 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > Amnesty should never be granted to anyone for any reason whatsoever. The > word should not even exist. > > How Amnesty International Suppresses Free Speech > > > *by Alan M. Dershowitz > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/author/Alan+M.+Dershowitz>November 10, > 2014 at 11:30 am* > > *http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4863/amnesty-international-free-speech > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4863/amnesty-international-free-speech>* > > > > Last month the Columbia University chapter of Amnesty International > invited me to deliver a talk on human rights in the Middle East. I accepted > the invitation, anxious to present a balanced view on human rights, > focusing on the Israeli-Arab-Palestinian issue. As a supporter of the > two-state solution and an opponent of many of Israel's settlement > decisions, I regard myself as a moderate on these issues. That was > apparently too much for the national office of Amnesty International to > tolerate. They demanded that the Columbia chapter of Amnesty International > disinvite me. They did not want their members to hear my perspective on > human rights. > > The excuse they provided were two old and out-of-context quotes suggesting > that I favored torture and collective punishment. The truth is that I am > adamantly opposed to both. I have written nuanced academic articles on the > subject of torture warrants as a way of minimizing the evils of torture, > and I have written vehemently against the use of collective punishment of > innocent people — whether it be by means of the boycott movement against > all Israelis or the use of collective punishment against Palestinians. I do > favor holding those who facilitate terrorism responsible for their own > actions. > > The real reasons Amnesty International tried to censor my speech to its > members is that I am a Zionist who supports Israel's right to exist as the > nation-state of the Jewish people. As such, I have been somewhat critical > of Amnesty International's one-sided approach to the Israeli-Palestinian > conflict. For example, I wrote an article criticizing Amnesty > International's report on honor killings in the West Bank. An honor killing > occurs when a woman has been raped and her family then kills her because of > the shame her victimization has brought. Despite massive evidence to the > contrary, Amnesty International mendaciously claimed that honor killings > had increased in the West Bank since the Israeli occupation, and that the > fault for this increase in Arab men killing Arab women lies with Israel. > The reality is that there are far fewer honor killings in the West Bank > than there are in adjoining Jordan, which is not under Israeli occupation, > and that the number of honor killings in the West Bank has been reduced > dramatically during the Israeli occupation. But facts mean little to > Amnesty International when Israel is involved. > > The national office of Amnesty International did not want their members to > hear my criticisms of their organization, despite the fact that I was a > strong supporter in its early days, before it became so one sided and > anti-Israel. They were afraid to have their members hear the truth. They > feared an open marketplace of ideas, so they tried to shut me down. > > Fortunately, another Columbia student group immediately invited me to give > my talk, and some members of Columbia Amnesty, to their credit, came to > listen. They asked me hard questions, which I tried to answer with fact and > logic. Some agreed with me, while others disagreed. That is the nature of > open dialogue that Amnesty International claims to champion — except when > it comes to their own organization, in which case it tries to censor speech > critical of its policies. > > [image: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/pics/large/785.jpg] > > Amnesty International claims to champion freedom of speech and open > dialogue, except when it comes to criticism of their own organization. > Above, Amnesty International-Turkey protests limits on freedom of > expression. (Image source: Amnesty International-Turkey) > > In general, Amnesty International — especially its European branch located > in London — has abandoned its commitment to human rights in preference for > an overtly political and ideological agenda. Its position on the > Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become particularly troubling. In addition > to providing an abuse excuse to Palestinian honor killers in the West Bank, > it has demonized Israel for its attempts to protect its citizens from Hamas > war crimes. In a recent report, it condemns Israel for its military actions > in Gaza without even mentioning the Hamas terror tunnels that provoked > Israel's defensive actions. These tunnels — I was in one of them just > before the war — were built for one purpose and one purpose only: to kill > and kidnap Israeli citizens. The tunnel I was in exited right near an > Israeli kindergarten with more than 50 children. The sole purpose of the > tunnel was to send Hamas death squads into Israel to kill and kidnap as > many of these children as possible. > > No country in the world would tolerate the existence of such tunnels, and > international law permits defensive actions to shut them down. Yet Amnesty > International never mentions the tunnels and makes it seem that Israel sent > troops into Gaza simply to kill as many Palestinians as possible. > > Amnesty International has become an apologist for terrorism and an enemy > of democracy. Its failed effort to stifle my free speech and the rights of > Columbia students to listen to me is symbolic of what a once great > organization has become: a cheerleader for human wrongs rather than human > rights. > > *A shorter version of this article was published in* New York Daily News > *.* > > *Alan Dershowitz's latest e-book is* Terror Tunnels: The Case for > Israel's Just War Against Hamas* (Rosetta Books 2014).* > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJma29xZHQ2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MTU2NTIwMTc-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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