Human rights activists, Palestinian Alumni of Harvard Kennedy School, and Kenneth Roth himself speak out against HKS’s “support for Israeli state-sponsored violence and apartheid”:
- Harvard Faces Outcry for Rescinding Post to Ex-Head of Human Rights Watch over Criticism of Israel (Democracy Now)
- Harvard Kennedy School Palestinian Alumni Call for the Resignation of HKS Dean, Reinstating HRD Kenneth Roth (Wafa)
- Kenneth Roth: On Harvard University Ban & Why Human Rights Campaigners Won’t bB Silenced over Israel (Palestine Deep Dive / YouTube)
He didn’t believe the judges would really file charges, but then he didn’t believe the raid would happen in the first place:
“[M]isusing the label ‘Islamophobia’ has the negative effect of watering down the term and rendering it less effective in calling out actual acts of bigotry”:
Israeli violence continues …
- Israeli Army Vehicles Flatten Land Inside Gaza’s Southern Borders, Navy Forces Fishermen to Leave Sea in North (Wafa)
- Israeli Forces Gun Down Palestinian in Qalandiya Refugee Camp (Wafa)
… and Palestinian political prisoners (such as Marwan Barghouti) are transported along with hardened criminals in a bus with conditions that violate international humanitarian law:
- Palestinian Prisoners Call This Bus a ‘Moving Grave’ (Mondoweiss)
“Hashemi has been jailed several times for making anti-government statements and participating in protests”:
“[T]he court will be offering its view on Israel’s attempt to make permanent what is meant to be a temporary military occupation”:
- What Will Happen After the ICJ Delegitimises Israel’s Occupation of Palestine? (Middle East Monitor)
“Iran or Saudi Arabia – are more permissive of abortion than many American states are”:
“They are going to go to extreme lengths to avoid a sustained confrontation with the Israelis” — Aaron David Miller:
