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'''Jewish Human Rights Watch''' (JHRW) is a UK-based pro-Israel organisation founded by [[Emmanuel Weiss]] in February 2015.<ref>Josh Jackman, [https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/poverty-charity-s-boycott-is-like-nazi-germany-says-new-group-1.65196 Poverty charity’s boycott is like Nazi Germany, says new group], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 19 February 2015</ref>
 
'''Jewish Human Rights Watch''' (JHRW) is a UK-based pro-Israel organisation founded by [[Emmanuel Weiss]] in February 2015.<ref>Josh Jackman, [https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/poverty-charity-s-boycott-is-like-nazi-germany-says-new-group-1.65196 Poverty charity’s boycott is like Nazi Germany, says new group], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 19 February 2015</ref>
  
Its aim is to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights.<ref>[https://www.jhrw.com/about About], Jewish Human Rights Watch, accessed 16 March 2017.</ref>
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Its aim is to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights.<ref>[https://www.jhrw.com/about About], Jewish Human Rights Watch, accessed 16 March 2017.</ref>
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In 2016 JHRW were unsuccessful in a judicial review against three UK local authorities who had passed council motions critical of Israel and supportive of the BDS movement.
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
 
*[[Emmanuel 'Manny' Weiss]] - founder and director
 
*[[Emmanuel 'Manny' Weiss]] - founder and director
 
*[[Jonathan Neumann]] - spokesperson and director
 
*[[Jonathan Neumann]] - spokesperson and director
*[[Robert Henry Festenstein]]
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*[[Robert Henry Festenstein]] - director
*[[Joseph Rosenfield]]<ref>Ben White, [https://benwhite.org.uk/2016/03/02/israel-and-friends-battle-the-boycott-in-britain/ Israel and friends battle the boycott] BenWhite.org, 2 March 2016</ref>
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*[[Joseph Rosenfield]]- director<ref>Ben White, [https://benwhite.org.uk/2016/03/02/israel-and-friends-battle-the-boycott-in-britain/ Israel and friends battle the boycott] BenWhite.org, 2 March 2016</ref>
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*[[Osker Heiman]] - previous director<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09359516/officers JEWISH RIGHTS WATCH], Companies House, accessed 16 March 2017.</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 22:00, 16 March 2017

Jewish Human Rights Watch (JHRW) is a UK-based pro-Israel organisation founded by Emmanuel Weiss in February 2015.[1]

Its aim is to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights.[2]

In 2016 JHRW were unsuccessful in a judicial review against three UK local authorities who had passed council motions critical of Israel and supportive of the BDS movement.

People

Notes

  1. Josh Jackman, Poverty charity’s boycott is like Nazi Germany, says new group, Jewish Chronicle, 19 February 2015
  2. About, Jewish Human Rights Watch, accessed 16 March 2017.
  3. Ben White, Israel and friends battle the boycott BenWhite.org, 2 March 2016
  4. JEWISH RIGHTS WATCH, Companies House, accessed 16 March 2017.