Joe Stork

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Joe Stork is an American political activist and Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch. He holds an M.A. in International Affairs/Middle East Studies from Columbia University.[1]

Career

Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1996, Stork co-founded the Middle East Research & Information Project MERIP[1] and was editor of the Middle East Report.[2] Stork served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey.[1] He presently serves as Chair of the Middle East Studies Association's Committee on Academic Freedom and sits on the advisory committees of the American Friends Service Committee, Foreign Policy in Focus and the Iraq Revenue Watch project of the Open Society Institute[3]

Controveries

According to Tablet Magazine, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared political war on Human Rights Watch, the employer of Stork, and other non-government organizations that investigate Israel's human rights record. “We will dedicate time and manpower to combating these groups,” Netanyahu’s chief policy adviser, Ron Dermer, told the paper. “We will insist that they defend their record and their values.”[4] Mark Regev, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu then stated that "a whole series of individuals who work in the Middle East department of Human Rights Watch have histories in partisan anti-Israeli politics," including Stork, and said that "This is the real story, because Human Rights Watch is claiming to be objective, professional and credible, yet all the evidence points to the contrary."[5]

A group of 10 Israeli rights groups has protested that the Israeli government has been attempting to "instill fear and silence or alarm vital organizations" that were engaging in free public discourse.[6]

Stork's reports have caused a rift between Human Rights Watch and Sid Sheinberg, vice-chair of HRW’s board.”[4]

Books and other publications

  • Political Islam: A Reader with Joel Beinin
  • Political Islam: Essays from "Middle East Report" with Joel Beinin
  • Middle East Oil and the Energy Crisis

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.hrw.org/en/bios/joe-stork
  2. ^ American Expressions of Relief over Iran-Iraq Peace, AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS OF RELIEF OVER IRAN-IRAQ PEACE, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Aug 22, 1988.
  3. ^ http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Stork
  4. ^ a b Broken Watch; Does Human Rights Watch have an Israel problem?, Allison Hoffman, Tablet Magazine, Aug. 26, 2009 [1]
  5. ^ HRW analyst suspended over Nazi items, E.B. SOLOMONT AND HERB KEINON, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 16, 2009 [2]
  6. ^ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112900014&ps=cprs NPR: Rights Analyst Suspended Over Nazi-Era Collection]
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