"How much sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child," cried King Lear. Robert Bernstein, the founder of the now misnamed group Human Rights Watch certainly feels that way about his child. Dismayed and appalled at the actions and activities of the organization he created, he left it, mainly because of its unnatural and unfair focus on Israel. However, still believing he can do something for human rights he started a new one, Advancing Human Rights, where, at an organizational pre launch, he explained hisrenunciation of his child and his hopes for his new baby. According to him, Human Rights Watch became another critical voice by joining other human rights organizations already doing this in an open society. Some of these human rights organizations have gone one step further and decided to become arbiter in wars and believe that the Geneva Conventions, rules of war and international law are a major human rights concern.This has been particularly...(Read Full Post)