Surprise? UK’s 'The Independent', Gives Platform to Terror-Supporting Amnesty Official - by Emanuel Miller

In what world does calling for a violent uprising of murderous violence, of glorifying plane hijackers and senior terrorists who advocate suicide bombing attacks, without appearing to recant, make a person a suitable candidate for a ‘human rights organization’?

Emanuel Miller..
Honest Reporting..
29 December '19..

There’s no doubt that life for many Palestinians is hard. However, their situation is a complex one that has arisen as a result of years of bloody violence directed against Israelis. Put briefly, their situation is a consequence, not simply a cause. That’s why pieces focusing on Palestinian suffering without any mention of Israel’s legitimate security needs are misleading and misinform readers.

Regular readers of these pages are no doubt aware of the UK’s The Independent, a media outlet which regularly exhibits an anti-Israel bent. But one such piece, entitled, “My friend was banned from travelling to visit his dying mother. This is the personal, intimate price of occupation” — which tells the sad story of how one man was not allowed to see his mother before she died in an Israeli hospital — runs significantly deeper than readers may realize.

The writer of this piece is identified thus: “Saleh Hijazi is deputy regional director for Amnesty Middle East and North Africa.”

That’s one way of describing Hijazi. Here’s another: A terror-glorifying, war-crime-supporting anti-Israel activist in the clothing of a human rights worker.

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