Since the founding of Black Lives Matter in 2013, a number of political NGOs have sought to connect this cause with anti-Israel campaigns. Several prominent pro-BDS organizations, as well as Palestinian NGOs, are leading this effort. These NGOs are attempting to leverage tensions in order to promote Palestinian solidarity and portray Israel as a main violator of civil rights.
On July 24, 2019, HRW Executive Director Ken Roth and Israel/Palestine Director Omar Shakir were interviewed by Kan Radio about Shakir's trial and BDS.
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.
The former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, joins the podcast to discuss the UN's Commission of Inquiry into the 2018 Gaza border riots. He explains how commanders formulate rules of engagement, prepare their forces to take on terrorists embedded among civilians, and incorporate international law into their planning..
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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