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Israel escalates surveillance of Palestinians with facial recognition program in West Bank
HEBRON, West Bank — The Israeli military has been conducting a broad surveillance effort in the occupied West Bank to monitor Palestinians by integrating facial recognition with a growing network….
Six Palestinian human rights defenders hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware
On 19 October 2021, Israeli Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz, announced the designation of six leading Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as “terrorist organizations” under Israel’s….
Alert: Israel Takes Alarming Steps to Enforce its Persecution of Six Palestinian Organisations in the West Bank, International Community Must Intervene
Al-Haq strongly condemns the military order issued by Israel’s commander-in-chief of the Central Command to transpose its unlawful designation of Al-Haq as a “terrorist organization” within the occupied West Bank…..
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Israeli forces shoot, kill 15-year-old Palestinian boy near Nablus
[Defense for Children International – Palestine’s statement (22 october 2021): The Israeli Ministry of Defense issued a military order declaring Defense for Children International – Palestine and five other Palestinian human rights organizations to be ‘terrorist organizations.’ We reject the Israeli government’s designation of DCIP as a “terrorist organization” as it is another unjust action by Israeli authorities to criminalize and eliminate our lawful human rights and child protection work. Here’s our full statement from General Director Khaled Quzmar: www.bit.ly/3nqj8Iq ]
Ask the experts: A guide to Israel’s attacks on Palestinian civil society
Our readers had questions about Israel’s designation of six Palestinian human rights groups as ‘terrorists.’ So we invited experts to answer.
Secret Israeli dossier provides no proof for declaring Palestinian NGOs ‘terrorists’
Israel hoped a classified Shin Bet document would convince European governments to stop funding Palestinian rights groups. +972 and Local Call got hold of the dossier’s testimonies — and found no real evidence to justify Israel’s claims.
Sheikh Jarrah residents reject ‘oppressive’ agreement with settlers
Sheikh Jarrah residents have rejected an Israeli Supreme Court proposal that would have made them “protected tenants” in their own homes, and paved the way for future displacement by Israeli settlers.
In defense of Palestinian Civil Society
A conversation with Ubai Aboudi, director of the Bisan Center in Ramallah, and Sagar Francis of Addameer, two of the 6 Palestinian civil society organisations labeled “terrorist” by the Israeli government
November 6, 2021 at 7pm Palestine time/ 1pm EDT/ 18h Paris time
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