Their latest press release, entitled "Donors, UN Should Press Israel on Blockade," starts off this way:
Donor countries at the October 12, 2014 conference on assistance to Palestine should press Israel to lift sweeping, unjustified restrictions on the movement of people and goods into and out of the Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch said today.
Throughout the inaccurate piece (they use the word "blockade" incorrectly, for example,) HRW calls on donor countries not to pressure Hamas but to pressure only Israel.
Here's what HRW doesn't demand:
- No rebuilding of terror tunnels to kidnap Israelis
- Stopping the use of civilian homes and offices as fronts to cover terror activity
- Dismantling the Hamas terror infrastructure and replacing it with the PA security forces
- Stopping the manufacture of rockets whose sole purpose is to attack Jewish civilians
- Unconditional and immediate release of any remains of Israeli soldiers so their families can bury them properly
- The immediate dismantling of terror groups like the Islamic Jihad Al Quds Brigades and the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
- Demand that Hamas stop booby-trapping civilian homes
- Demand that Hamas remove military headquarters from hospitals
- Demand that Hamas immediately stop recruiting children for fighting
A donor conference is a unique opportunity to pressure those who are receiving aid to ensure that they use the funds and material properly. Yet HRW only sees it as an opportunity for Israel bashing, including some absurd demands like insisting that Israel import Gaza goods.Naturally, HRW also lies. The article falsely states that Israel restricts Gazans from food, medicine and medical equipment. It falsely states that Kerem Shalom does not have the capacity to provide for Gaza needs, demanding that the crossing be enlarged even though it has never come close to capacity. It accuses Israel of "apparent Israeli attacks" on the Gaza power plant, which makes no sense since if Israel wanted to keep Gazans without power, it can simply turn off the 60% of power that Gaza gets from Israel directly.
Once again a "human rights" organization lies and exposes its clear anti-Israel bias. The question isn't about how donors to Gaza should act - it is how donors to HRW can stomach empowering its lies and impunity.
(To see more of how HRW exposed its anti-Israel bias during the war, see these posts.)