Wednesday, September 25, 2013

"B’Tselem “proud” partner of war criminals, enemies of Palestinian rights"

"B’Tselem USA, the American arm of Israel’s B’Tselem human rights group, is once again proud of its partnership with J Street, the Israel lobby group that forcefully campaigns against Palestinian human rights and hosts war criminals at its conferences.
In a 24 September email to supporters, shared with me by Uri Horesh, B’Tselem USA announced:
As part of our strategic cooperation with J Street, B’Tselem USA is a participating organization in their national conference entitled “Our Time to Lead,” which will take place in Washington, DC between September 28 - October 1. We are encouraged to know that this conference will feature remarks by US Vice President Joe Biden and many other distinguished partners and allies and proud to share the stage with them.
J Street opposes a broad range of Palestinian human rights. It specifically endorsed US measures to undermine the UN-commissioned Goldstone report into Israel’s 2008-2009 invasion of Gaza and to block any form of justice for Palestinian victims of Israeli war crimes."