The headquarters of the seven main Palestinian human rights organizations have suffered looting, attacks and forced closures this morning by Israeli troops
Seven doors have been boarded up at dawn in Palestine. With them, thousands of windows have been closed and sealed. The headquarters of the seven major Palestinian human rights organizations have been victims of looting, attacks and their rock and roll closure –with iron plates instead of its always open doors– by the forces of the israeli army. Thus, the Hebrew authorities extend their encirclement of palestinian civil society to further curtail the rights and protection of the nearly three million Palestinians languishing under the occupation of West Bank for half a century.
The organizations attacked are those that in October of last year were considered terrorists by the Israeli authorities. Are groups in defense of palestinian womenPalestinian peasants, Palestinian children, Palestinian health personnel, Palestinian prisoners. Their crime, according to Israel, is to support the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a group considered terrorist, although these organizations deny their alleged links with this organization. Instead, they denounce that in the eyes of the Hebrew State, their crime is to support the Palestinian people.
“Necessary human rights work”
“This morning, the Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Haq’s office in Ramallah, confiscated items and sealed off the main entrance with an iron plate, leaving behind a military order declaring the organization illegal,” the Al-Haq defense organization said on Twitter. human rights in the occupied territories. simultaneousthe headquarters of other groups such as the Bisan Center for Research and Development, the International Defense for Children of Palestine, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, the Union of the Agricultural Work Committee, the Union of the Committees of health workers and Addameer, in defense of prisoners.
??Breaking: This morning, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided Al-Haq’s office in Ramallah, confiscated items and shut down the main entrance with an iron plate leaving behind a military order declaring the organization unlawful 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Y8yqRdU4Db
— Al-Haq الحق (@alhaq_org) August 18, 2022
During military raids, Israeli soldiers have confiscated files and equipmentThey have left military orders attached to the doors and have welded them to close them permanently. In Addameer’s, it is stated that the organization has been “forcibly closed in the name of ‘security in the region and to combat the infrastructure of terrorism‘”. “This is an astonishing attack on our necessary human rights work,” they denounced on Twitter. Israel’s efforts to stop militancy among Palestinian civil society respond to a strategy of repression and persecution to political activists in the occupied territories, already in force for decades.
European support
Throughout the morning, the shows of support have been repeated beyond Palestine under the hashtag #StandWithThe6, referring to the six organizations declared terrorists in October. just a month ago, nine European governments they also came out in defense of these institutions. Following accusations from the Israeli Ministry of Defense demanding its outlawing, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain The US and Sweden launched their own investigations to verify Israel’s accusations. nine months later, rejected the designation of Israel of these six Palestinian civil society groups as “terrorist organizations”.
BREAKING: this morning Israeli occupation forces raided the offices of Addameer, as well as @alhaq_org @bisanresearch @UAWC1986 & @of_committees. Our doors were broken down, material confiscated, and a military order left behind. #StandWithThe6 pic.twitter.com/47FvYh3LAC
— Addameer –الضمير (@Addameer) August 18, 2022
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Al-Haq’s director of programs, Tahkeem Alyanhe stated to Middle East Eye that the raids were “expected in light of the continuing israeli incitement against Palestinian institutions, which aims to demonize them and cut off their communication with the world.” The attacks against these organizations have intensified after they sent reports of Israel’s actions to the International Criminal Court. “Israel does not want anyone to hold him accountable for his crimes, and for him to be brought to trial, and that is what bothers him and motivates him to take this action against the institution,” Alyan said.
Furthermore, these attacks take place on the same day as the 100 nights without Shirin Abu Aqleh. The journalist from Al-Jazeera was killed by Israeli troops more than three months ago in Jenin and no one has yet been convicted. Abu Aqleh had crossed dozens of times the threshold of these doors that this morning they have been boarded up. Aware of the importance of Palestinian civil society in the daily struggle under occupationtoday it is also these organizations that are fighting for it to be done Justice for Shirin. For justice to be done for all Palestinians.
BREAKING: This morning, occupation forces raided and forcibly closed Bisan Center for Research and Development by sealing shut the doors of the center with iron, and leaving behind a military order declaring the organization unlawful. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/QC2KtOm6QP
— Bisan Center for Research & Development (@BisanResearch) August 18, 2022