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Monday, November 25, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Monday, November 25, 2019
Human Rights Watch activist deported from Israel
The Human Rights Watch country director left Israel for Germany Monday after being expelled over claims he supports a boycott of the Jewish state, he and an airport website say.
A flight to Munich took off from Tel Aviv Monday evening, Ben Gurion Airport’s official website confirms.
American Omar Shakir, the New York-based rights group’s director for Israel and the Palestinian territories, confirms to AFP he has boarded the plane, ending a long campaign against his expulsion.
— AFP
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