Human rights groups founded by IDF veterans nominated for EU prize

[azurnoir]

Breaking the Silence, which documents testimony of soldiers who served in the West Bank and Gaza, has been nominated for a European Parliament prize for defenders of human rights.

In response, the right-wing Israeli group NGO Monitor has started approaching individual parliament members, asking them not to let Breaking the Silence win the Andrei Sakharov Prize.

Breaking the Silence was founded by army veterans. It collects and publishes soldiers' testimony about human rights violations in the territories.

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Prof. Gerald Steinberg, chairman of NGO Monitor, sent a letter to parliament members harshly criticizing Breaking the Silence.

If the organization wins the prize, Israeli will interpret this as "a continuation of the European exploitation of human rights principles in order to advance one-sided, anti-Israeli policies," he wrote.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/human-rights-groups-founded-by-idf-veterans-nominated-for-eu-prize-1.318535

[Ken Burch]

1. Congratulations to the group.

The best honor they could receive, however, would be for those they are trying to influence to LISTEN to what they are saying.

[whosinpower]

2. Seems odd....

snip - If the organization wins the prize, Israeli will interpret this as "a continuation of the European exploitation of human rights principles in order to advance one-sided, anti-Israeli policies," he wrote.

The organization is founded by IDF army veterans......good lord....even IDF VETERANS are anti-Israeli......WTF?

[Violet_Crumble]

3. Good. Breaking the Silence are a great group...

Gerald Steinberg on the other hand is an ugly and bitter apologist for human rights abuses...

[provis99]

4. I guess Breaking the Silence are self-hating Jews.