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Six Palestinian human rights groups shuttered and still the bell tolls for Israel By Lawrence Davidson Six human rights groups shuttered On 19 October 2021 the Israeli Defence Ministry officially labelled six well known Palestinian human rights associations as “terrorist organisations”. Israel uses a definition of “terrorism” that is unreasonably broad. Just about any criticism as well as non-violent resistance to its evolving apartheid regime can and often is deemed “terrorism”. As this instance shows, this arrangement allows the Israeli authorities to themselves terrorise groups that most sane people would recognise as having nothing to do with terrorism. The six organisational victims of this strategy are Addameer, Al-Haq, Defence for Children Palestine, ...

Israeli left-wing activists gather with Palestinian activists at the Al-Haq Foundation in the West Bank city of Ramallah to denounce Israel's decision to declare six Palestinian human rights groups as "terror organizations," on October 27, 2021. BYMarjorie Cohn, Truthout PART OF THE SERIES Human Rights and Global Wrongs In an effort to cut off the financial lifelines of six of the most prominent Palestinian human rights groups, the state of Israel has baselessly designated them as “terrorist” organizations. On October 22, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced that Israel will henceforth officially consider the six groups – Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq, Bisan Center for Research and Development, Defense for Children International – ...

Nazi soldiers injured, Friday, a Palestinian woman in the at-Tiwana village, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Fuad al-Amour, the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committees in Masafer Yatta and Southern Hebron Hills, said several Nazi army jeeps invaded the village before the Nazi soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes. He added that one of the invaded and ransacked homes is that of the head of the Tiwana Village Council, Mohammad Rib’ey. Al-Amour added that the Nazi soldiers assaulted a few Palestinian in their homes, wounding a woman, identified as Siham al-Adra.

The Committee for Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported that five Palestinian political prisoners continue the hunger strike, protesting their arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, including one who started the strike 121 days ago. The Committee stated that Kayed al-Fasfous is facing serious complications after 121 consecutive days of hunger strike, and added that the detainee is at Barzelai Zionist medical center, suffering a serious weight loss, arrhythmia, constant pain and stabbing sensation in the chest, serious low blood pressure, serious mineral deficiency, in addition to repeatedly losing consciousness. Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the media advisor of the Detainees Committee, stated that al-Fasfous could suffer further serious complications, includi...

Palestinian political prisoner, Miqdad al-Qawasma, held by the Nazi regime under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, has ended the hunger strike which lasted for 113 days, after reaching an agreement for his release in February of 2022. The Palestinian Detainees Media Center has confirmed that, after nearing death and constant Nazi attempts to keep al-Qawasma held under Administrative Detention orders without a set date for his release, an agreement was reached to end this latest order on November 27th, 2021. It added that the detainee will remain in prison until February of the coming year 2022, and will be released then without being slapped with any additional Administrative Detention orders. It is worth mentioning that Miqdad is also a ...

Nazi soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, two Palestinians and injured dozens, during protests that erupted at the northern road of the al-Biereh city, in central West Bank, after the Nazi army attacked hundreds of residents marking the 17th anniversary of the death of late President Yasser Arafat. Media sources said hundreds of Palestinians marched in the area, commemorating the death of Yasser Arafat, and chanting for liberation and independence before the Nazi soldiers started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at them. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has confirmed that its medics provided treatment to 14 Palestinians who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, including two who were rushed to a hospital afte...

Nazi forces attacked and injured, on Friday, at least 83 Palestinian protesters during weekly demonstrations against the ongoing illegal Nazi colonization of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced. The local director of the PRCS, Ahmed Jibril, in a statement, said that in Beita town, southeast of Nablus in the northern West Bank, five young men were shot with rubber-coated steel rounds, including an international solidarity activist. Five demonstrators suffered fall related injuries, two from burns, and at least 62 protesters suffered the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation. Jibril added that nine protesters suffocated on tear gas at the weekly demonstration in Beit Dajan village, located east of Nablus. Furthermore, he stated that t...

Nazi soldiers, accompanied by many colonizers, uprooted more than 130 trees and bulldozed farmlands, Friday, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the Nazi occupied West Bank. Local media activist Mohammad Awad said the soldiers uprooted more than 130 almond trees, in addition to bulldozing large areas of farmlands near the illegal Karmie Tzur colony, which was built on stolen Palestinian lands. He added that the bulldozed lands and trees are in an area of 5 Dunams, and are owned by the local families of Sa’id Ba’ran and Sabarna. The bulldozing and uprooting of the lands aims at expanding the illegal colony at the expense of the privately-owned Palestinian lands. The lands are isolated behind the fence of the illegal Nazi JEWISH colony, and the famil...