Aryeh Neier, a German-born Jewish man who survived the Holocaust, explained his reasoning in an extensive interview Sunday with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
Human Rights Watch co-founder Aryeh Neier, a German-born Jewish man who survived the Holocaust, says he has been “persuaded” in recent months that
“I thought Israel had a right to retaliate against Hamas, and I thought Israel had a right to try to incapacitate Hamas so that it would never be able to do anything like that again,” Neier“But I was disturbed by some of the actions of Israel, by the use of very large weapons, 2,000-pound bombs, which are utterly inappropriate in a crowded urban area,” he continued, adding that these bombs “can kill somebody two football fields away.
and sent to President Biden, that Israel’s aid limits for Gaza make US military support for Israel illegal under the Foreign Assistance Act.criticism of his government policies equated to antisemitism“Antisemitism has been a great scourge,” he told Zakaria, “but it doesn’t insulate the Israeli government from being held to the same standards as other governments have to be held to around the world.
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