Navi Pillay’s Undeserved Nobel Peace Prize

Excerpt Focus. Divert. Shield. That’s the signature play of Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the Hamas ally who has received this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The South African jurist pioneered the strategy eagerly adopted by so-called human rights defenders: Focus on Israel’s war on Hamas to the point of obsession and libelously depict it as a genocide. Divert attention from other, far graver human rights emergencies back onto Israel. Shield from criticism and condemnation the repressive and brutal regimes that carry out those abuses.Ben Cohen is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where David May is research manager. Issues: