re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist

Which is not to say that I’m totally disagreeing with Commentary, merely defending B’Tselem a bit.

I don’t know about B’Tselem. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are the organizations that caught my eye.

For complete context I should have included the following, which is the statement on Human Rights Watch website:

Marking five years since the capture of Gilad Shalit, Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organizations state:

Hamas must immediately end inhumane and illegal treatment of Gilad Shalit.

Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit has been in captivity for five years. Those holding him have refused to allow him to communicate with his family, nor have they provided information on his well-being and the conditions in which he is being held. The organizations stress that this conduct is inhumane and a violation of international humanitarian law.

Hamas authorities in Gaza must immediately end the cruel and inhuman treatment of Gilad Shalit. Until he is released, they must enable him to communicate with his family and should grant him access to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Amnesty International

B’Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights

Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement

Human Rights Watch

International Federation for Human Rights

Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Gaza

Physicians for Human Rights - Israel

Public Committee Against Torture in Israel

Rabbis for Human Rights

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel

Yesh Din - Volunteers for Human Rights

It calls for the end of inhumane treatment of Gilad Shalit. One of the organizations signing on to this statement is B’Tselem, which as you point out, issued their own separate statement as well.