- Soldiers attacked West Bank offices at daybreak, stealing documents and welding shut doors.
- Israeli police say the organisations are fronts for militants.
- The operations are seen as an attempt to silence groups who support prosecuting Israel for war crimes.
Israeli troops locked the offices of Palestinian human rights and charity groups after declaring them terrorists last year. Soldiers attacked West Bank offices at daybreak, stealing documents and welding shut doors. Israeli police say the organisations are fronts for militants. The organisations and European donors refute the claim.
Al-Haq stated soldiers raided its office in Ramallah along with that of Addameer, the Bisan Center for Research & Development, Defence for Children International-Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Workers Committees (UAWC), and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC).
After seizing numerous goods, forces welded a reinforced iron door to al-office Haq’s to prevent re-entry and appended a military order telling the organization’s administrators to shut down immediately, the group said.
Israel labelled six Palestinian rights groups terrorists in October, stating they diverted cash to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which has carried out fatal attacks.
“The organisations work under the premise of undertaking humanitarian services to achieve PFLP goals, expand the organisation, and recruit operatives,” Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz stated Thursday.
The operations are seen as an attempt to silence groups who support prosecuting Israel for war crimes. Shawan Jabarin, al-general Haq’s director, alleged they committed war crimes to silence them. “We’ll work. Never! Human rights work is unpaid.” Nine EU governments, including France and Germany, will maintain paying the organisations because Israel hasn’t proven its claims.
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