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The Israeli government is deporting Human Rights Watch’s Israel-Palestine Director, @OmarSShakir, tomorrow.
Pro-government Twitter trolls are trying to spread all sorts of ridiculous lies about the case & about our work here, so it won’t hurt to remind people of the facts. 1/
Pro-government Twitter trolls are trying to spread all sorts of ridiculous lies about the case & about our work here, so it won’t hurt to remind people of the facts. 1/
The Israeli government revoked Omar’s work visa on the asserted grounds that his advocacy violated a 2017 law barring entry to those who advocate a boycott of Israel.
But neither Human Rights Watch, nor Shakir as its representative, has ever called for a boycott of Israel. 2/
But neither Human Rights Watch, nor Shakir as its representative, has ever called for a boycott of Israel. 2/
Human Rights Watch has urged businesses to stop operating in illegal settlements as part of their global duty to avoid complicity in human rights abuses – just as it calls on businesses to comply with this duty in many other countries. 3/
