Commentary: Israel just declared our human rights work ‘terrorism.’ But it won’t silence us
by Rana and Milena, Los Angeles Times
Nov 10, 2021
3 minutes
We work at Addameer, one of the biggest organizations providing direct support to Palestinian political prisoners. Recently, our workplace and five other leading Palestinian human rights organizations were designated as “terrorist” groups by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
Harassment of human rights advocates by the Israeli authorities is routine. But this latest move is a blanket attack that effectively outlaws our work; puts us at risk of arbitrary arrest and prosecution and our organizations at
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