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Arab-American [[Omar Shakir]]<ref>[https://canarymission.org/individual/Omar_Shakir canary Mission - Omar Shakir]</ref> has been active against Israel since he was a student.
Arab-American [[Omar Shakir]]<ref>[https://canarymission.org/individual/Omar_Shakir canary Mission - Omar Shakir]</ref> has been active against Israel since he was a student.
From a 2010 Arab report,<ref>"BDS in the USA, 2001-2010." Noura Erakat In: 255 (Summer 2010)</ref> he struggled with applying the "apartheid" label on Israel because conditions are not the same as [[South Africa]], such as Arabs in Israel actually do have voting rights.
He defended anti-Semite in court.<ref name=stopantisemitism>[https://www.stopantisemitism.org/antisemite-of-the-week5-1/antisemite-of-the-week-omar-shakir-bigot-with-a-vengeance Antisemite of the Week: Omar Shakir - Bigot with a Vengeance], Stop Anti-Semitism, May 1, 2021</ref>
Shakir led boycott campaigns at Georgetown University and Stanford, and his 2010 event during "Israel Apartheid [sic] Week" was headlined "Apartheid [sic] Is Real.''<ref name=book-challenging/>
Shakir led boycott campaigns at Georgetown University and Stanford, and his 2010 event during "Israel Apartheid [sic] Week" was headlined "Apartheid [sic] Is Real.''<ref name=book-challenging/>
In that year, In 2016, HRW increased its BDS emphasis, and hired Omar Shakir, an experienced activist, as its "Israel/Palestine director." At HRW, Shakir led BDS campaigns.<ref name=book-challenging>Challenging the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement: 20 Years of Responding to Anti-Israel Campaigns. N.p.: Taylor & Francis, 2023. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RGOoEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT97].<blockquote>
In that year, In 2016, HRW increased its BDS emphasis, and hired Omar Shakir, an experienced activist, as its "Israel/Palestine director." At HRW, Shakir led BDS campaigns.<ref name=book-challenging>Challenging the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement: 20 Years of Responding to Anti-Israel Campaigns. N.p.: Taylor & Francis, 2023. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RGOoEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT97].<blockquote>
In 2016, HRW increased its BDS emphasis, and hired Omar Shakir, an experienced activist, as its "Israel/Palestine director." Shakir led boycott campaigns at Georgetown University and Stanford, and his 2010 event during “Israel Apartheid [sic] Week” was headlined “Apartheid [sic] Is Real.” At HRW, Shakir led campaigns targeting Israeli banks..._/blockquote></ref>
In 2016, HRW increased its BDS emphasis, and hired Omar Shakir, an experienced activist, as its "Israel/Palestine director." Shakir led boycott campaigns at Georgetown University and Stanford, and his 2010 event during “Israel Apartheid [sic] Week” was headlined “Apartheid [sic] Is Real.” At HRW, Shakir led campaigns targeting Israeli banks..._/blockquote></ref>
Shakir was deported from [[Israel]] for his harmful [[BDS]] activities in November, 2019.<ref>Fact Sheet on Omar Shakir's BDS Campaigns. ngomonitor.
Shakir was deported from [[Israel]] for his harmful [[BDS]] activities in November, 2019.<ref>Fact Sheet on Omar Shakir's BDS Campaigns. ngomonitor.