Sunday, April 10, 2011

B'tselem Depths

Jessica Montell, executive director of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (but not those Israeli Jews who actually live there), has a very shallow conclusion to draw from Goldstone's backtracking:

One question has been answered: Israel, unlike Hamas, did not have a policy to intentionally fire at civilians. But is this cause for rejoicing? Shouldn’t our expectations be a bit higher? Heaven help us if our moral standard is reduced to not committing crimes against humanity. From my country, I demand a lot more.

"Human rights"?

Actually, I thought I had higher expectations from Jessica and B'tselem.

I don't anymore.

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