After HRW Blocks Report on Right of Return, Group’s Israel-Palestine Team Quits
Two Human Rights Watch employees — the group’s entire Israel-Palestine team — resigned after senior staffers blocked a report calling Israel’s denial of Palestinian refugees’ right of return to their homeland a crime against humanity. Jewish Currents’ Alex Kane reported Tuesday that HRW Israel-Palestine team lead Omar Shakir and assistant researcher Milena Ansari are stepping down over…