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Israel’s top court upholds deportation of Human Rights Watch official
November 5, 2019

Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a government decision not to renew the work visa of a Human Rights Watch official and he will have to leave the country within 20 days or face deportation, his lawyer said. The unanimous three-judge decision supporting the Israeli government’s move against Omar Shakir, a U.S. citizen who represents HRW in Israel and the Palestinian territories, was published on the court’s website. Shakir had contested the government’s argument that his past pro-Palestinian statements constituted current backing for anti-Israel boycotts. Israel says that Shakir supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. READ MORE

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