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Israel expels Human Rights Watch country director Omar Shakir | |||
2019-11-26 | |||
[DW] Omar Shakir, the local director for Human Rights Watch, left Israel for Germany on Monday after being expelled from the Middle Eastern country.
"We will not stop until the day comes in which all people, Israelis and Palestinians, will be treated equally and have their whole human rights protected," he said. Shakir was accused in April of supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel for its military occupation of the West Bank and its building of illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. Israel has formally banned entry of BDS supporters and has pressured Western countries to stunt the movement's influence. The case against Shakir was based on comments he made before he joined Human Rights Watch, some going back to his student days nearly a decade ago. Shakir appealed his deportation, but Israel's supreme court backed his expulsion earlier this month. More than 600,000 Israelis live in settlements on Palestinian land, communities considered illegal under international law — a ruling which Israel disputes.
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Posted by:John Frum |
#1 same anti-BDS standard as those entering the country, when he was already there... and lost That's... haH ! What a dolt ! Thank Gawd for the Abdul factor. |
Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-26 02:21 |