and concerned parties to that and we spoke to the director of human rights watch in the region all marshak here who israel departed last year on charges of supporting a boycott of the jewish state. this is clearly being done as an effort to muzzle documentation and advocacy around israel systematic repression of palestinians and i should say it's not a one off issue i was deported myself after being more than 2 and a half years based on the ground as human rights watch is israel palestine director based on our work on the ground as well and it's part of a long standing trend and it's part of a sustained assault on the human rights movement while the us has historically always shielded israel from accountability and turned a blind eye to. this us administration is taking it a step further and even giving the green light for these abuses to continue should come to no surprise that we see settlement activities at unprecedented levels historically and continued efforts to entrench this discriminatory reality. more than 2 months since the disputed presidential election protesters continue to fi