Back in February, at the time of the Gita Sahgal affair, I commented on the danger that, because of the overlap between the milieu of the liberal-left and the global human rights community, some of the moral and political ailments common within a sector of the liberal-left might show up from time to time amongst human rights activists and organizations. That worry is now confirmed in spades by the head of Amnesty International's Finnish branch going on record with his view that Israel is a 'scum state'. Well, the danger is unavoidable given the circumstances that give rise to it. The only question is how Amnesty will react. According to the report under the above link:
... a spokeswoman for Amnesty International's headquarters in London, Susanne Flood, told the [Jerusalem] Post in a telephone interview that "Amnesty would never use an expression like this toward the State of Israel, or any other state."
The question is whether Amnesty personnel may do so and remain that.