[Salon] I once ran Human Rights Watch. Harvard blocked my fellowship over Israel

[Chas Freeman <cwfresidence@gmail.com>]

FM: John Whitbeck

In the GUARDIAN commentary at the link transmitted below, long-serving Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth speaks for himself regarding Harvard's blocking of the fellowship offered to him at its human rights center because HRW had recently dared to criticize Israel, something which, ironically, Roth had over many years been instrumental in blocking, until the evidence of an apartheid regime became overwhelming and HRW risked being the only major human rights organization not recognizing reality.

It is interesting that this commentary was published in the United Kingdom rather than in United States. It would be surprising if Roth did not initially seek publication by a major American media outlet. Of course, like American politicians and American academics, American journalists are motivated principally by money and fear, notably including the fear of losing money.

In any event, this scandalous affair supports the perspective of those who have long viewed Harvard University as first-and-foremost a Zionist propaganda platform and only secondarily as a reputable educational institution.

As the outrage mounts, might anything change?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/10/kenneth-roth-human-rights-watch-harvard-israel