Slugfest — Amnesia International KO’ed in Round One (Video)
Charles Radin, former Bureau Chief for the Boston Globe in Jerusalem, recently arranged a debate between Joshua Rubenstein, Amnesty International’s man in New England and Gerald Steinberg, Director of NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem based watchdog organization that specifically critiques “Human Rights” groups that, according to their analysis, maintain a double standard and disproportional apparatus of criticism when it comes to Israel.
It is no secret that Mr. Rubenstein’s AI, a powerful international force with over 2 million members and a budget of nearly 200 million dollars, has been highly critical of Israel, regardless of whether a left or right government is in power. According to Steinberg, groups like Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, in their obsession with Israel, have “undermined the very human rights values that they claim to promote by demonizing Israel.” Founded in 2001 by Steinberg in reaction to the hate fest against Israel and Jews that took place in Durban, South Africa, NGO Monitor…