Ngiyavuma ukuthi ngizwe ukwaneliseka okudabukisayo kokuthi u-Ken Roth ukhanselwe ukuqokwa kwakhe njengoMphathi Omkhulu e-Carr Center of Human Rights yase-Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Ngemva kokusebenza iminyaka engu-29 njengoMqondisi weHuman Rights Watch, inhlangano ehamba phambili emhlabeni ebhekana nokuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu, uRoth wayefaneleke kakhulu futhi enelungelo lokuqokwa. Futhi ngabe nginayo kodwa ngokusebenza kwethonya elisebenzayo labanikeli beZionist eHarvard. Ngaphandle kwesici esinjalo se-backroom lesi sikhungo sezemfundo esihlonishwa kakhulu ngokungangabazeki sasiziqhenya ngobukhona bukaRoth. [UChris McGreal, "I-Harvard Blocks Role for Forever Human Rights Watch Head Over Israel Criticism," The Guardian, Jan. 6, 2023] Ngemva kokubusa kwakhe isikhathi eside nokugqamile kwa-HRW Roth wayesengusaziwayo womphakathi. Lesi sigameko singesinye isiboniso sokuthi ngisho nezikhungo zemfundo ephakeme ezihlonishwayo nezicebe kakhulu azivikelekile ngokuphelele emibonweni emibi kanye nengcindezi ephikisana nemishini ezimenyezelwe.
Indida yokuphathwa kabi kuka-Roth ikhumbula i-anecdote ethize ekhanyayo ebonakala ifaneleka kangangokuthi angikwazi ukumelana nokudalulwa kwayo. Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule bengiyilungu lekomidi labeluleki le-HRW lendawo e-Santa Barbara lapho ngihlala khona. Ngelinye ilanga ngathola ucingo luvela kumngane wami owayengusihlalo wekomiti. Wangazisa ngokususwa kwami โโkulesi sigungu ngenxa yokungqubuzana kwezithakazelo ngenxa yokuthi ngangibambe isikhundla sokuba nguMbikeli Okhethekile we-UN Wokuphulwa Kwamalungelo Abantu Kwa-Israeli ePalestine Ethathiwe. Ngacabanga ukuthi kuyamangaza ukuthi lo mthetho wezobuchwepheshe, uma kubhekwa ukusebenza kwawo okungabazisayo lapha, bekufanele ngabe usetshenziswe kungazelelwe eminyakeni ethile ngemva kokuba ngithathe isikhundla se-UN, okwaholela ekutheni ngiqhubeke nokufunda mayelana nesizathu sangempela sokususwa kwami โโkungazelelwe.
Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ngokungamangazi, akungithathanga isikhathi eside ukuthola incazelo eyiqiniso yokuxoshwa kwami. I-UN Watch, i-NGO ka-Israel eyi-puppet NGO e-Geneva yayikhalaze ku-HRW ngokuthi kwakungafaneleki ukugcina eshadini lenhlangano yabo umuntu onemibono ephambene njengami. KwakunguKen Roth, ngatshelwa ukuthi ubani owayethathe isinyathelo sokungixosha. impendulo, Okulandelayo bekungalindeleka, i-UN Watch yabamba lesi sigameko ukuze iziqhayise ngethonya labo, imemezele lokhu 'kunqoba' kokufakwa ohlwini lwabavinjiwe kuwebhusayithi yabo nangokukhishwa kwabezindaba. I-HRW ayizange iphendule, ivumela umbono wokuthi ngisusiwe ekomitini labo ngenxa yokungavumelani kwami โโnomthetho. Ngicele ukuthi i-HRW ikhiphe isitatimende esicacisa ukukhishwa kwami โโekomitini ngezizathu zabo ezishiwo, engacabanga ukuthi kwakuyisicelo esijwayelekile, futhi ngathola ukuthi sasisekelwa abasebenzi abaphezulu abambalwa be-HRW, kodwa senqatshwa uRoth. Lesi sigameko sibe nemiphumela elimazayo empilweni yami yezemfundo: izimemo zezifundo zahoxiswa noma zakhanselwa, futhi ngaba nemiphumela eminingi engemihle yokuba 'nempikiswano engamukeleki.'
Ngokuqondana nje, emasontweni ambalwa kamuva mina noRoth savela esigungwini esifanayo saseNyuvesi yaseDenver, futhi ngamtshela ukuthi ngalinyazwa indlela ukususwa kwami โโeKomitini ye-SB okwasingathwa ngayo, kunikeza i-UN Watch izizathu zokubonisa ukuthi ngangilimele. ngokwedlulele kakhulu ekugxekeni kwami โโu-Israyeli ngisho ne-HRW. URoth wangilahla ngala mazwi ahlekisayo angasoze awakhohlwaโโakekho onendaba nokushiwo yi-UN Watch.โ Ngokungakhethi, ngiyabubonga ubuqhawe bokunganaki obalandela be-HRW eminyakeni eyalandela ekujoyineni i-Amnesty International kanye ne-B'Tselem ekutholeni ukuthi i-Israel yayisungule umbuso wobandlululo wokubusa uma kuziwa kubantu basePalestine. [Bheka โI-Threshold Crossed: Iziphathimandla Zakwa-Israel kanye Namacala Obandlululo Noshushiso,โ Human Rights Watch, April 27, 2021; bheka futhi umbiko wangaphambili ka-Richard Falk no-Virginia Tilley, "I-Israeli Pactices Towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid," UN ESCWA, MRCH 15, 2017.] Kwakuyilo mbiko owodwa phakathi kwamakhulu owakhishwa ngesikhathi sokubusa isikhathi eside kukaRoth owabangela ngokwanele ukuhlehla okwenza uHarvard anqotshwe.
Ngifisa sengathi ngabe kuyiqiniso ukuthi ama-smears e-UN Watch kanye nabantu abacabanga njengaye kanye nezinhlangano zantula amandla ezinawo ukukhiqiza imiphumela engenabulungiswa ngokuphelele njengoba itholwe ku-Roth. Ngiyasola ukuthi okwagqugquzela u-Roth ecaleni lami kwakuwubulungu obunamandla be-Zionist eBhodini le-HRW. Ngiseyingane, ngangazi uBob Bernstein, umsunguli we-HRW, njengomngane womndeni e-NYC, futhi ngaba nesidlo sakusihlwa esingemnandi naye lapha e-Santa Barbara eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambi kwesigameko ngenkathi engummeli ophambili wakwa-Israel eBhodini le-HRW. . Ngifunde ukuthi yena namanye amalungu ebhodi babengabasekeli bakwa-Israyeli abangenamibandela ababengeke bakhale ngokuphathwa kwami โโeminyakeni embalwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kukaRoth kukhumbula inkondlo edumile yango-1946 yesazi sezenkolo nomfundisi waseJalimane, uMartin Niemรถller, eyayibonisa ngokucacile izinkinga ezibangelwa ukuthambekela kwabakhululekile ngaphansi kwengcindezi yokudela izimiso ukuze bazuze ngokwezimali noma bavuse ukuziphatha okuhle. Akungabazeki ukuthi le nkondlo yagqugquzelwa yimpilo kaMfundisi uNiemรถller uqobo, ikakhulukazi ukusuka ekubeni umsekeli wamaNazi angagudluki eminyakeni yakhe yokuqala waya ekubeni umphikisi omelene namaNazi owayeboshiwe kamuva ekuphileni kwakhe:
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