P.S. We see a lot of support-#Israel-at-any-cost organizations demonizing people like #KennethRoth for "singling out" Israel for criticism. They claim Israel is held to a higher standard than other countries, and that this is antisemitic.
The thing is, you don't get to claim to be a Jewish state based on Jewish values and then complain when people hold you to a higher standard. A pivotal Jewish value is that GOD holds Jews to a higher standard, one which Israel is not currently meeting.
#HarvardUniversity has reconsidered their terrible earlier decision and has decided to offer a fellowship to #KennethRoth after all.
I don't know whether the change was motivated by public pressure, pressure from faculty, or pressure from big donors, but whichever it was, I'll take it.
Now #DouglasElmendorf should resign or be fired. His initial decision to reject the fellowship should be a career-ending move.
https://whdh.com/news/harvard-changes-course-offers-fellowship-to-rights-activist/
#harvarduniversity #kennethroth #douglaselmendorf
Why the Godfather of Human Rights Is Not Welcome at Harvard | The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hrw-harvard-israel-kennedy-school/ Why the Godfather of Human Rights Is Not Welcome at Harvard
#KennethRoth, who ran Human Rights Watch for 29 years, was denied a fellowship at the #KennedySchool. The reason? Despite his mother surviving the Holocaust and he's Jewish. Israel. #freepalestine #HumanRightsWatch
#kennethroth #kennedyschool #freepalestine #humanrightswatch
God dammit.
#HarvardUniversity rescinded a fellowship offer to #KennethRoth, the former executive director of #HumanRightsWatch, because Jews in power in the United States can't handle the truth about #Israel.
I am a Zionist: I believe Israel has a right to exist as a homeland for the Jewish people.
I also agree with Kenneth Roth that the state of Israel in its current form is an apartheid state.
Both of these can be true.
https://whdh.com/news/harvard-rescinds-fellowship-offer-to-leading-rights-activist/
#harvarduniversity #kennethroth #humanrightswatch #israel
This was an interesting read.
#HumanRightsWatch
#Harvard #KennedySchool
#KennethRoth
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hrw-harvard-israel-kennedy-school/
#humanrightswatch #Harvard #kennedyschool #kennethroth