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USA: Harvard blocks role for former Human Rights Watch head over Israel criticism (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by ailiphilia@feddit.it to c/politics

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The Harvard Kennedy School dean, Douglas Elmendorf, allegedly bowed to pressure, at a time when major donors and prominent Jewish organisations were particularly unhappy that Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of practicing a form of apartheid in the occupied territories.

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[–] BendingUnit@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

It saddens me that people exist who are more angry at having apartheid and genocide pointed out than about the apartheid and genocide.