Israel’s Supreme Court upheld the government’s decision to deport the director of Human Rights Watch in Israel for his alleged support to a boycott movement. Omar Shakir, HRW director, is a US citizen and has 20 days to leave Israel and the Palestinian territories or face deportation. This decision was based on a 2017 law that allows the government to block entry to people who support a boycott of Israel or Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. According to Kenneth Roth, HRW’s executive director, “the supreme court has effectively declared that free expression in Israel does not include completely mainstream advocacy for Palestinian rights”. Shakir’s expulsion adds to other notorious cases such as US congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who were not allowed to enter Palestinian territory last August, and the targeting of other organizations such as Amnesty International. In a statement from the Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the EU has called on the Israeli government to reverse its decision, which added to another statement released a week earlier calling on Israel to end all settlement activity. On 3 November, the EU also called on Palestinian armed groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets against civilian populations. On 31 October, the Delegation for relations with Palestine of the European Parliament called the Israeli authorities to liberate Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, said to be arrested on 31 October.