israel grants work visa to human rights watch official after initial denial
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Israeli children play in southern Israel. Israel gave a one-year work visa to a Human Rights Watch
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Israel gave a one-year work visa to a Human Rights Watch researcher on Wednesday after initially denying him a permit and accusing the organisation of engaging in "Palestinian propaganda", the group said.

The decision in February to deny Omar Shakir a work permit was criticised by the United States. 

Shakir, a U.S. citizen, received the visa on arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion airport and he will take up his position as the New York-based rights group's Israel and Palestine director.

"We welcome this opportunity to work in Israel and Palestine alongside vigorous national human rights organisations," Iain Levine, executive deputy director for programme at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement on the group's website.

"Israeli authorities do not always agree with our findings, but, in facilitating the ability of our staff to carry out our research and documentation, they have taken an important step to safeguard the principle of transparency and demonstrate their openness to criticism."

Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said in February that the decision to deny Shakir a work permit stemmed from HRW's work "at the service of Palestinian propaganda".

But he also said the application may be reconsidered if an appeal was lodged, and Shakir was allowed to enter Israel on a tourist visa on March 6 for a 10-day stay. Final approval for a one-year permit was given on April 20, HRW said.

The U.S. State Department said after Shakir was banned that it strongly disagreed with Israel's characterisation of the group, which it considers a credible human rights organisation.

In its statement, HRW said it has had regular access to Israel and the occupied West Bank for nearly three decades, with staff and offices in occupied Jerusalem, occupied Ramallah, and Gaza for much of this period. It said that since 2008, Israel has refused it access to Gaza, which is run by Hamas, except for one visit in 2016.

Source: Timesofoman

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