For years, Palestinian NGO Addameer provided legal help to prisoners languishing in Israeli prisons. Now Tel Aviv wants to ban it
the six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organisations, accusing them of having some sort of link with the Popular Front of Liberation of Palestine . Sahar Francis, director of Addameer, and other rights activists have asked international community to intervene. delegation is meeting“Only direct instructions from the White House can force Israel to go back on its decision,” said Gordon. “But I doubt if that’s going to happen.
Besides Addameer, the Palestinian NGOs in the crosshairs include the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, Bisan Center, Al-Haq, Union of Agricultural Work Committees and Defense for Children International - Palestine . While global rights groups such as the Human Rights Watch have a presence on the ground in Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel, they largely rely on local NGOs for vital information.
Many of them are imprisoned for months under various military orders that prohibit even expressing a political view or distributing flyers against Israeli occupation. Israeli military commander-in-charge of the West Bank has discretionary powers to ban any organisation.
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