Israeli Court Orders Deportation of HRW’s Omar Shakir Over Pro-Palestinian Activism

(CD) – An Israeli court on Tuesday ordered the deportation of Human Rights Watch’s Omar Shakir over his advocacy work against illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The court’s decision marks the first time Israel’s draconian “anti-boycott law” has been applied to someone already legally present in the country. Shakir, HRW’s Israel and Palestine director, has called on […]