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Israel court rejects Human Rights Watch activist’s deportation appeal
Israel's Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to order a senior Human Rights Watch employee to leave. The interior ministry said it had revoked the work permit of US citizen Omar Shakir in [...]
ARABS AND JEWS SPEAK UP FOR ISRAEL AND FOSTER COEXISTENCE
Despite the political posturing and schisms within Israeli and Arab society, there remain those on both sides whose consciences direct them to do good, bringing light where there is darkness. Heavily embedded in the [...]
Supreme Court rejects Human Rights Watch activist’s appeal against expulsion from Israel
Omar Shakir tweets that if government insists upon his deportation for allegedly supporting BDS, he would have to leave within 20 days and Israel 'would join the ranks' of Iran, North Korea and Egypt [...]
ISRAEL’S SUPREME COURT RULES HRW DIRECTOR CAN BE DEPORTED OVER BDS
Human Rights Watch is weighing an appeal to a larger judicial panel of the verdict by three judges. If not appeal is lodged, Shakir could be asked to leave the country within 20-day. Omar Shakir [...]
Legal Battles and Barricades: Defending Israel, Fighting Anti-Semitism in Court
This past week I attended a powerful legal forum sponsored by the Touro Law School, which is bringing together international jurists, legal experts, and Supreme Court justices to explore the legal system, democracy and the [...]
SHURAT HADIN’S LEGAL WARRIOR IS BRINGING JUSTICE TO TERROR VICTIMS
Shurat Hadin director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner has been known to fight a dual front of bringing justice to terror victims from years passed, along with pushing the envelope against BDS activity, and 2019 was no exception. Only [...]
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