Article: Pro-Israel groups slam State Department rights report

JANINE ZACHARIA
Jerusalem Post
02-28-2001
Headline: Pro-Israel groups slam State Department rights report
Byline: JANINE ZACHARIA
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 02

Wednesday, February 28, 2001 -- WASHINGTON - Pro-Israel and Jewish groups yesterday attacked the State Department's human rights report as unfair and distorted, and defended Israeli practices which the document deems human rights abuses.

In a country-by-country report on human rights practices released on Monday, the State Department said Israel had committed numerous serious abuses since the outbreak of the intifada, used excessive force against Israeli Arabs and Palestinians during demonstrations, and poorly treated Palestinian ...

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