'Labeling effective NGOs 'terrorists' is a textbook way to evade accountability for human rights violations—and an affront to everyone who cares about peace,' said Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Progressives on Friday denounced Israel for classifying six Palestinian human rights groups as 'terrorist organizations,' a move that effectively criminalizes them. 'There must be immediate consequences from the U.S. and the international community for this brazen act.
member states, the United Nations, and other donors,' The Guardian noted. In response to Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz's decision, Diala Shamas, an attorney at the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights, said that 'after years of unsuccessful efforts to persuade, or bully, European and U.S. donors and allies to defund and discredit Palestinian human rights defenders, the Israeli government up and just criminalized them under Israeli law.
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