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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 340

Omar Shakir

American citizen Omar Shakir, the director of the New York-based Human Rights Watch for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, is pictured at Ben Gurion Airport on November 25, 2019, after being expelled from Israel. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 22, 2022, 3:25 pm
Pro-Israel advocates decry ‘one-sided’ apartheid panel at New York law conference
Close to 100 professionals and community leaders allege anti-Israel bias at Saturday event featuring Human Rights Watch’s Omar Shakir
By Luke Tress
Pedestrians walk on Church Street, past the Ben & Jerry's shop, in Burlington, Vermont, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
June 15, 2022, 6:29 pm
Ben & Jerry’s said to force new employees to watch videos on Israel, Palestinians
Report says one of lecture is by Human Rights Watch’s Omar Shakir, who rails against Israeli policies on West Bank, Gaza; MK urges government action against parent firm Unilever
By ToI Staff
Joint List MK Osama Saadi (R) and Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir (L) argue during an event at the Knesset titled ,After 54 years: From Occupation to Apartheid,, June 22, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 22, 2021, 3:13 pm
‘Terrorist,’ ‘fascist’: MKs hurl insults at Knesset ‘occupation-apartheid’ event
Far-right Itamar Ben Gvir has shouting match with Arab, left-wing lawmakers at gathering in parliament attended by rights groups and co-hosted by coalition’s Mossi Raz
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers inspect cars at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus on January 10, 2018. (Jaafar/Ashtiyeh/AFP)
June 21, 2021, 1:02 pm
Coalition MK to co-host ‘occupation-apartheid’ Knesset event
Meretz’s Mossi Raz, Joint List’s Touma-Sliman to hold conference at parliament; Yamina’s Chikli slams ‘disgrace,’ asks legal adviser to block participation of Human Rights Watch
By ToI Staff
Rami Aman, 38, speaks to Israeli activists during a videoconference in April before being arrested by Hamas authorities (Screenshot: Youtube)
October 26, 2020, 11:00 pm
Hamas convicts, but then frees activists who held Zoom conference with Israelis
Rami Aman was in Hamas prison since April, when he was arrested for joining a ‘Skype With Your Enemy’ conversation in which Israelis participated
By Aaron Boxerman
Rami Aman, founder of the Gaza Youth Committee, was arrested by Hamas security services on April 9, 2020, after organizing a video call with Israeli peace activists. (Facebook)
September 25, 2020, 4:21 pm
Hamas charges three Gaza activists for pro-peace video call with Israelis
Rami Aman, two others indicted for ‘weakening revolutionary spirit’ by joining ‘Skype With Your Enemy’ conversation; they have been held without trial since April
By Aaron Boxerman
American citizen Omar Shakir, the director of the New York-based Human Rights Watch for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza,, waves ahead of entering the departures area at Ben Gurion Airport on November 25, 2019, after being expelled from Israel. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
November 25, 2019, 8:49 pm
After years-long legal battle, Israel expels Human Rights Watch local director
Omar Shakir boards plane from Ben Gurion Airport after Supreme Court upheld deportation over alleged BDS support; will continue working from Jordan
By AFP and ToI Staff
Human Rights Watch researcher Omar Shakir, during an interview in Jerusalem, November 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
November 25, 2019, 2:18 pm
On day of deportation, banned human rights activist vows to soldier on
Before heading to airport, Human Rights Watch’s Omar Shakir says he’ll continue advocating against settlements from Jordan; Jerusalem says organization welcome to send replacement
By Raphael Ahren
Kenneth Roth (L), executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), and Omar Shakir, the New York-based rights group HRW director for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza,, at an East Jerusalem hotel on November 24, 2019, ahead of Shakir's expulsion from Israel. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
November 24, 2019, 9:21 pm
Israel to be first democracy to expel Human Rights Watch staffer, director says
Ken Roth warns Monday’s planned deportation of Omar Shakir ‘demonstrates increasingly constrained nature of Israeli democracy’
By AFP
Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir, a US citizen, sits in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 9, 2018. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
November 19, 2019, 9:50 pm
Supreme Court rejects appeal against deportation of HRW director
Justices won’t re-examine ruling upholding a government decision to expel Omar Shakir over his alleged support for the Israel boycott movement; he will leave country in 6 days
By ToI Staff
Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir, a US citizen, sits in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 9, 2018. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
November 5, 2019, 12:39 pm
Supreme Court upholds expulsion of Human Rights Watch local director
Justices rule that Omar Shakir, who has been accused of supporting the boycott Israel movement, must leave the country within 20 days
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director of the New York-based Human Rights Watch, October 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
September 24, 2019, 7:36 pm
Israeli top court hears Human Rights Watch activist’s expulsion appeal
Omar Shakir seeks to block government from expelling him over alleged support for the BDS movement; an immediate ruling is not expected
By Moshe Edri
US President Donald Trump (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold up a Golan Heights proclamation outside the West Wing after a meeting in the White House March 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
July 26, 2019, 12:44 pm
Human Rights Watch: Trump emboldened Israel to target local director
Organization’s chief says Netanyahu government taking cues from US president, who is ’embracing autocrats around the world’
By AFP
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks during the annual press conference of the non governmental organization in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
July 24, 2019, 11:25 am
HRW chief says Israel adopting Iran-like policies in treatment of NGOs
Supreme Court postpones ruling on deportation of the organization’s Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir
By ToI Staff
Senior Hamas official Fathi Hammad. (Screenshot: YouTube)
July 15, 2019, 7:38 pm
Hamas official walks back call to Palestinian Diaspora to kill ‘Jews everywhere’
Amid outcry, senior official Fathi Hammad and terror group insist ‘our conflict is with the occupation’
By Adam Rasgon
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