Ndikuvomereza kuti ndinasangalala kwambiri kuti Ken Roth adachotsedwa ntchito ngati Senior Fellow ku Carr Center of Human Rights of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Atakhala zaka 29 ngati Mtsogoleri wa Human Rights Watch, bungwe lotsogola padziko lonse lapansi lothana ndi kuphwanya ufulu wachibadwidwe, Roth anali woyenerera kwambiri ndipo anali ndi ufulu wosankhidwa. Ndipo ndikadakhala nazo koma chifukwa chakuchita bwino kwa othandizira a Zionist ku Harvard. Popanda zinthu zakumbuyo zotere, bungwe lolemekezeka kwambiri la maphunziro mosakayikira likadanyadira kukhalapo kwa Roth. [Chris McGreal, "Harvard Aletsa Udindo Wa Mtsogoleri Wakale Woyang'anira Ufulu Wachibadwidwe Pazotsutsa za Israeli," The Guardian, Jan. 6, 2023] Pambuyo paulamuliro wake wautali komanso wodziwika ku HRW Roth adakhala munthu wotchuka m'magulu a anthu. Chochitikachi ndi chisonyezero china chakuti ngakhale mabungwe olemekezeka ndi olemera kwambiri a maphunziro apamwamba sali otetezedwa mokwanira ndi maganizo oipa ndi nkhanza zomwe zimatsutsana ndi ntchito zomwe alengeza.
Zodabwitsa za kuzunzidwa kwa Roth zimakumbukira nthano ina yowunikira yomwe ikuwoneka yofunikira kwambiri kotero kuti sindingathe kukana kuwulula kwake. Zaka khumi zapitazo ndinali membala wa komiti ya alangizi a HRW ku Santa Barbara komwe ndimakhala. Tsiku lina ndinalandira foni kuchokera kwa mnzanga yemwe anali wapampando wa komitiyi. Adandidziwitsa za kuchotsedwa kwanga m'bungweli chifukwa cha mkangano womwe udabwera chifukwa chokhala ndi udindo wa UN Special Rapporteur for Israel Violation of Human Rights ku Palestine Yolandidwa. Ndidawona kuti ndizodabwitsa kuti lamulo laukadauloli, chifukwa chakugwiritsa ntchito kwake kokayikitsa pano, liyenera kuti linapemphedwa mwadzidzidzi patatha zaka zingapo ndidatenga udindo wa UN, zomwe zidandipangitsa kuti ndidziwenso cholinga chenicheni chondichotsa mwadzidzidzi.
Ndipo ndikuganiza mosadabwitsa, sizinanditengere nthawi kuti ndipeze tanthauzo lenileni la kuchotsedwa kwanga. UN Watch, bungwe loyang'anira zidole la Israeli ku Geneva adadandaula kwa HRW kuti sikunali koyenera kusunga pa tchati chawo munthu yemwe ali ndi malingaliro oyipa ngati ine. Anali Ken Roth, amene ndinauzidwa amene anasamuka kundichotsa ntchito. poyankha, Zomwe zinatsatira zikanayembekezeredwa, UN Watch idachitapo kanthu kuti idzitamande chifukwa cha chikoka chawo, kulengeza 'kupambana' kumeneku pamasamba awo komanso kudzera muzofalitsa. HRW sanayankhepo kanthu, kulola kuti anthu aziganiza kuti ndachotsedwa mu komiti yawo chifukwa chodana ndi Ayuda. Ndidafunsa kuti HRW ipereke chiganizo chofotokozera kuchotsedwa kwanga ku komiti pazifukwa zawo zomwe ndidaziwona ngati pempho lachizoloลตezi, ndipo ndidaphunzira kuti zidathandizidwa ndi antchito angapo akuluakulu a HRW, koma adakanidwa ndi Roth. Chochitikacho chinali ndi zotsatira zoyipa pa moyo wanga wamaphunziro: zondiyitanira zinachotsedwa kapena zinathetsedwa, ndipo ndinakumana ndi zovuta zina zosiyanasiyana zomwe 'ndinakhala mikangano yosavomerezeka.'
Mwamwaลตi, milungu ingapo pambuyo pake Roth ndi ine tinawonekera pa gulu limodzimodzilo pa yunivesite ya Denver, ndipo ndinamuuza kuti ndinavulazidwa ndi mmene kuchotsedwa kwanga mโKomiti ya SB kunasamaliridwa, kupatsa maziko a UN Watch kusonyeza kuti ndinali. kwambiri pakutsutsa kwanga Israeli ngakhale HRW. Roth adanditsutsa ndi mawu achipongwe osaiลตalika akuti: "palibe amene amalabadira zomwe UN Watch ikunena." Mwachilungamo, ndikuvomereza kulimba mtima kosasamala kwa HRW zaka zingapo pambuyo pake polumikizana ndi Amnesty International ndi B'Tselem pakupeza kuti Israeli idakhazikitsa ulamuliro wa tsankho pokhudzana ndi anthu aku Palestina. [Onani "Kudutsa Pang'onopang'ono: Olamulira a Israeli ndi Zolakwa za Tsankho ndi Kuzunza," Human Rights Watch, April 27, 2021; onaninso lipoti lapitalo la Richard Falk & Virginia Tilley, "Israeli Pactices Towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid," UN ESCWA, MRCH 15, 2017.] Linali lipoti limodzi ili pakati pa mazana omwe anatulutsidwa pa nthawi yayitali ya Roth yomwe inachititsa kuti kukhale kokwanira. kubweza mmbuyo kuti Harvard agonjetse.
Ndikukhumba kuti zinali zowona kuti smears ndi UN Watch ndi anthu omwe ali ndi malingaliro ofanana ndi mabungwe alibe mphamvu zomwe ali nazo kuti atulutse zotsatira zosavomerezeka monga momwe Roth anachitira. Ndikukayikira kuti chomwe chinalimbikitsa Roth pa mlandu wanga chinali membala wamphamvu wa Zionist pa HRW Board. Ndili mwana, ndidadziwa Bob Bernstein, woyambitsa HRW, ngati mnzanga wapabanja ku NYC, ndipo tidadya naye chakudya chosasangalatsa kuno ku Santa Barbara zaka zingapo izi zisanachitike pomwe anali woyimira wamkulu waku Israeli pa HRW Board. . Ndidamva kuti iye ndi mamembala ena a board anali othandizira ku Israeli opanda malire omwe sakanakhetsa misozi pazamankhwala anga zaka zingapo.
Chokumana nacho cha Roth chimakumbukira ndakatulo yotchuka ya 1946 ya katswiri wa zaumulungu ndi mโbusa wa ku Germany, Martin Niemรถller, yomwe inasonyeza bwino lomwe mavuto obwera chifukwa cha chizoloลตezi cha omasuka pansi pa chitsenderezo chofuna kusiya mfundo kuti apeze ndalama kapena kudzutsa makhalidwe abwino. Ndakatuloyi mosakayika idalimbikitsidwa ndi moyo wa M'busa Niemรถller, makamaka kusintha kuchokera pakukhala wokonda chipani cha Nazi m'zaka zake zoyambirira kukhala wotsutsana ndi chipani cha Nazi pambuyo pake m'moyo wake:
Poyamba Anabwera
โChoyamba anadzera Chikomyunizimu, ndipo sindinalankhulepo chifukwa sindinali Mkomyunizimu.
Kenako anabwera kudzafuna asoshosholisti, ndipo ine sindinalankhulepo chifukwa sindinali wa Socialist.
Kenako anadza kwa ogwirizana ndi ntchito, ndipo ine sindinalankhulepoโchifukwa sindinali wogwirizira ntchito.
Kenako anadza kwa Ayuda, ndipo sindinalankhulepo chifukwa sindinali Myuda.
Kenako anabwera kudzanditenga, ndipo panalibenso wondilankhulira.
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