The invasion of the occupation forces of Palestinian NGOs on Thursday, which the state designated “terrorist organizations”, caused A diplomatic backlash drew condemnation from the United Nations, the European Union as well as the United States.
“Despite the offers made to review The accusations To determine whether the funds were transferred, the Israeli authorities have not presented any convincing evidence to the UN agencies nor the NGO partners operating in Occupied Palestinian Territories support The United Nations said, “referring to the occupied Palestinian territories.
He. She added that ‘show of The Israeli Anti-Terror Law of 2016 and its Impact on Assumption of Innocence represents serious concerns under international Law.”
in time of Israeli appointment of NGOs as terrorist entities, UN human rights experts found It’s “annoying”.
The disturbing designation of Israel of These organizations as “terrorist organizations” did not accompany any of them public Concrete and reliable evidence,” said a statement attributed to human rights experts under the auspices of of the desk of High Commissioner for human rights.
the desk of Representative of the European Union in Palestine announced That allegations that the Palestinian NGOs Israel says misused money of The union “Not Proven” and they will continue to do so support Palestinian NGOs.
Many human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have also He condemned the Israeli raids.
The Israeli army stormed and ordered the closure of Seven Palestinian NGOs in West Bank Cities of Witnesses said that Ramallah and Al-Bireh.
European Union last Week decided to unfreeze funds allocated to six of Palestinian NGOs, but though voteThe European Commission has not announced that the funds will be unfrozen.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Thursday that Washington”concerned“About closures and may” conveyed the message that there must be a very high barrier to action against Civil society organizations.”
The non-governmental organizations that were stormed were the Addameer Association for Prisoner Support and Human Rights, Al-Haq Center, and Bisan Center. for Research and development, union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, Union of Union Health Work Committees of Agricultural Work and Defense Committees for Children’s International – Palestine.
else yearThe Israeli authorities decided to close six of These NGOs, claiming to be “terrorist organisations”.
Clashes also among the dozens of Palestinians and the Israeli army during the raids, with the last one using live rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said in A statement that its crews dealt with one injury From live Ammunition and processing 33 other who They were hit by tear gas.
On October 19, 2021, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz issued a shutdown order six Non-governmental organizations on On the grounds that they are “terrorist organizations” and belong to them with Popular front for Editing of Palestine.
