The BDS Life and Times of Omar Shakir
Omar Shakir’s background and history of anti-Israel activity exemplifies the organization’s troubling ideological approach to Israel and retreat from the universal principles of human rights.
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| Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
| NGOs: | Human Rights Watch (HRW) |
| Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
| End date: | 24 Apr 2019 |
Omar Shakir’s Obsessive Anti-Israel Twitter Campaign (June 2018– February 2019)
Omar Shakir tweeted 970 times (including retweets) on issues relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, ranging from boycotting businesses over the 1949 Armistice line, the violence along the Gaza border, and his lawsuit against the Israeli government.
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[Opinion] Can Canada Help Fix the UN's Human Rights Disaster?
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg discusses how Canada is vital in providing a new agenda for the UN.
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Human Rights Watch’s Airbnb Campaign: Discrimination and BDS
On November 20, 2018, Human Rights Watch, in cooperation with Kerem Navot, published a report targeting Airbnb. The report followed a two-year long coordinated and well-financed BDS campaign.
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Omissions and Oversimplifications: HRW’s Report on PA and Hamas Torture
Human Rights Watch’s October 2018 report “Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent: Arbitrary Arrest and Torture Under the Palestinian Authority and Hamas” contains a number of obvious omissions and reflects an absence of serious analysis
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[Opinion] Human Rights Day Nothing to Celebrate
Professor Gerald Steinberg writes about how the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva continues to be controlled by some of the worst violators.
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[Opinion] Airbnb Falls for BDS's Antisemitic Trap
Becca Wertman discuses Airbnb announcing it was “removing listings” in “Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank.”
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The NGOs and Funders Behind Airbnb’s BDS Policy
On November 19, 2018, Airbnb issued a press release announcing it was “removing listings” in “Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank.” This change in policy was a clear result of a coordinated and well-financed campaign targeting the company by NGOs involved in BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaigns against Israel.
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Letter to the Editor: Roth's contribution problematic
Professor Gerald Steinberg writes a letter to the Australian Financial Review regarding Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
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NGO Fact-Finding for IHL Enforcement: In Search of a New Model
Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International (Amnesty), and other like-minded organisations have become major actors in the world of international humanitarian law (IHL). Every year they issue hundreds of publications purporting to document violations and to promote IHL enforcement. These publications are ubiquitously cited in the media, and used as source material for governmental and United Nations inquiries, quasi-judicial bodies, the International Criminal Court, academic studies, and other frameworks.
