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Human Rights Watch’s top Israel-Palestine staffer quits over shelved report criticizing Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses the resignation of Omar Shakir and Milena Ansari from Human Rights Watch after a report on the rights of Palestinian refugees advocating their right of return was halted. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CurrentsHuman Rights WatchResignationPalestinian RefugeesRight Of ReturnOmar ShakirNgo MonitorKen RothPhilippe Bolopion

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Palestinian Territories
"Omar Shakir, the director of Human Rights Watchs Israel-Palestine team, and assistant researcher Milena Ansari tendered their resignations after they said the organization refused to publish a report concluding that Israels denial of the right of return for Palestinian refugees amounted to a crime against humanity."
Israel
"Omar Shakir, the director of Human Rights Watchs Israel-Palestine team, and assistant researcher Milena Ansari tendered their resignations after they said the organization refused to publish ..."
Jerusalem, Israel
"NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based pro-Israel advocacy group, wrote in a post on X that the internal dispute at Human Rights Watch served as a reminder of what happens when an NGO promotes the mos..."

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