Remarkable what got you in trouble with the israeli leadership Israeli Government going back several years now has been restricting Human Rights Watch as access to both israel and the west bank it began actually several years ago in february of 2017 when the Israeli Government denied Human Rights Watch a permit to have a foreign employee at the time they allege that Human Rights Watch was engaged in propaganda for palestinians we went public it generated pressure the government relented and then last year the government accused me as the israel palestine director of Human Rights Watch of promoting boycotts in israel we sued a court froze the deportation order and in court the government cited as evidence Human Rights Watch is research regarding the activities of businesses in settlements and the court just in april affirmed that the deportation was legally valid and gave me 2 weeks to leave and weve now appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court i know that the are now waiting this is Supre
Going back several years now has been restricting Human Rights Watch as access to both israel and the west bank it began actually several years ago in february of 2017 when the Israeli Government denied Human Rights Watch a permit to have a foreign employee at the time they allege that Human Rights Watch was engaged in propaganda for palestinians we went public it generated pressure the government relented and then last year the government accused me as the israel palestine director of Human Rights Watch of promoting boycotts in israel we sued a court froze the deportation order and in court the government cited as evidence Human Rights Watch is research regarding the activities of businesses and settlements and the court just in april affirmed that the deportation was legally valid and gave me 2 weeks to leave and weve now appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court i know that the are now waiting this is Supreme Courts decision on whether or not there should be allowed to stand work within
Coalition negotiations a new Israeli Government and the Israeli Supreme Court and the Israeli Government will have important decisions to make about the extent to which israel today welcomes criticism of its human rights policies and particularly with regards to palestinians now the reason im asking this question is because i think. The the lower courts have interpreted the charges against you in a very broad political way essentially youve been found guilty of war can you guess the state of israel for simply saying that business businesses that operate in the all clear by the west bank how being too entrenched occupation just when did it become controversial to say that thats absolutely right and 2017 the Israeli Knesset passed a law that bans entry to those who call for boycotts of israel of course the outlawed self is problematic it essentially imposes a political litmus test who can enter it. Israel but what the court has done in this decision is interpretive valid law to call to i
Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into president bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges were warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, beaus, death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used the hearing to score political points ahead of the 2024 president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging biden with a crime, while democrats aimed to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, who is facing charges for mishandling classified documents, saying trump obstructed all investigations. The white house views the matter as over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is
Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into President Bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges are warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, zelenskyys death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle usually hearings to use head of the president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging the crime while democrats aims to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, facing charges for him him its only because my document saying trump up obstructed all investigations. White house the matter is over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is going to start us off tonight