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Amid backlash, Israel claims ‘ironclad’ intel tying Palestinian NGOs to terror

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Published: 26 October 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Palestinian rights groups say ‘terror’ tag won't stop them; minister says outlawing of NGOs not raised in security cabinet; colleagues slam Gantz over secrecy

Palestinian rights groups say Israel's ‘terror’ tag won't stop them (Haaretz)
The director of Al-Haq, one of the six organisations and the most prominent Palestinian human rights group in the territories, said the groups were considering their next legal move and that they will not stop their work

Shin Bet, Foreign Ministry rep heading to US over outlawed Palestinian groups (Times of Israel)
Defence official says evidence tying six Palestinian rights organisations to terror is "ironclad"; ministers slam Gantz for not telling them about plan to make bodies illegal

Israeli officials to share with US 'unequivocal' intel against Palestinian NGOs (Haaretz)
The State Prosecutor's Office gave the green light to the Israeli Defense Ministry's decision to dub the six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups after it reviewed evidence

Minister says outlawing of Palestinian groups didn’t come up in security cabinet (Times of Israel)
Public Security Minister Barlev says he has not seen any materials tying the six groups to the PFLP terror group, as claimed by Defense Minister Gantz

NGO scandal: Israel must change methods to fix credibility (Jerusalem Post)
ANALYSIS: Israel has yet to present a preponderance of evidence regarding its allegations that six Palestinian NGOs funnelled money to the PFLP

Coalition’s Meretz rails against terror listing for Palestinian rights groups (Times of Israel)
‘There are implications here for human rights and democracy,’ says Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, who heads the left-wing party; Yamina’s Shaked hails Gantz for move

Photo: Shawan Jabarin, director of the al-Haq human rights group, at the organisation's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 23 (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

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