The Torah Im Derech Eretz Society: Lead story on Human Rights Watch condemns Palestinian authorities

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Lead story on Human Rights Watch condemns Palestinian authorities

For those who claim that the human rights organizations only criticize Israel, the lead story on the Human Rights Watch website features a new 149 page report that condemns the Palestinian Authority and Hamas for political repression and torture. However, HRW only criticizes Palestinian treatment of Palestinians. I'm having trouble locating a condemnation of Palestinian terror of Israel.

"(Ramallah) – The Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas authorities in Gaza routinely arrest and torture peaceful critics and opponents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. As the Palestinian Authority-Hamas feud has deepened, each has targeted the other’s supporters."

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Avi from BM of TIDEFriday, October 26, 2018 at 3:38:00 AM GMT+3
The issue is that Israel does NOT routinely torture critics, and yet is portrayed as morally equivalent with (if not worse than) Hamas.

Israel also receives much more condemnation than Hamas, with some having the utter audacity to compare Israel with Nazis.

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Avi from BM of TIDEFriday, December 14, 2018 at 3:24:00 AM GMT+2
All kinds of people---you mean Hamas or Hezbollah members (whom you aptly called "psychopaths") who have information that can save innocent people from death? Or completely innocent people? Please explain and support----the vagueness here is very similar to Leftist-style argument ation.
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"Anyone who has but a fleeting insight into the life and work of Rav Hirsch will realize that his Torah im Derech Eretz formula was never intended by him as a Horo'as Sho'oh....As for us let us do our best to promote and fulfill the Torah im Derech Eretz ideal in its true spirit and let us protect it from regrettable misuse and interpretation. A personal footnote: on the day before he passed away, my father told me: 'I am firmly convinced that the way shown by Rav Hirsch will be mekarev ha'geulah.' A sacred testament." ("The Relevance of the Torah Im Derech Eretz Ideal")

"The definition of a gadol be'Yisrael is one who is great in Torah and great in piety, one whose personal views and conduct are based exclusively on those twin pillars. Such a person is acknowledged as a peer by the other great men of his era. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch was revered by the Chassidic leaders of Galicia and by the rabbis of Lithuania. That his views did not accord with theirs was immaterial; his philosophy grew out of his G-d-fearing understanding of Torah, and therefore it was legitimate for him. So it was with Rabbi Salomon Breuer and so it was with Rabbi Joseph Breuer. Their greatness transcended community. They belonged to Klal Yisrael, so they were honored by Klal Yisrael, all of it."

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