{"id":6547,"date":"2022-08-19T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T09:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/?p=6547"},"modified":"2023-07-12T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:00:19","slug":"extremely-worrying-un-voices-concerns-over-israels-forced-closure-of-palestinian-ngos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/extremely-worrying-un-voices-concerns-over-israels-forced-closure-of-palestinian-ngos\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Extremely worrying&#8217;: UN voices concerns over Israel&#8217;s forced closure of Palestinian NGOs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6547\" class=\"elementor elementor-6547\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea1ea17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea1ea17\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfd0fd5\" data-id=\"dfd0fd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f79b557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f79b557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/02-190822.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6548\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/02-190822.png 800w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/02-190822-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/02-190822-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/02-190822-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2503e0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2503e0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96cb843\" data-id=\"96cb843\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80c94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e80c94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>Israel&#8217;s forced closure of seven Palestinian non-government-organisations has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, which said the move appeared &#8220;totally arbitrary&#8221;.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>Security forces raided the groups&#8217; offices in the West Bank on Thursday, confiscating computers, client files and equipment before sealing off entrances, Palestinian witnesses and officials said.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>The Israeli military alleged the groups were used by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which it has designated a terrorist organisation.<\/p><div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1untffu\" data-layer-event-source-placement=\"body\" data-layer-event-source-title=\"embeded link\" data-layer-event-source-type=\"embeded link\"><a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways css-1i4fobq-MuiTypography-root-MuiLink-root\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/article\/israel-designates-six-palestinian-human-rights-groups-terrorist-organisations\/3cff8mowc\" data-layer-event-source=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;eventName&quot;:&quot;clickSource&quot;}\" data-testid=\"internal-link\">Israel had previously designated six of the groups as terrorist organisations in October 2021<\/a><\/div><p>.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47f9978 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47f9978\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-282ced9\" data-id=\"282ced9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4170f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4170f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israeli forces raided our office and welded our front door shut this morning, nearly a year after outlawing our work and calling us terrorists for protecting &amp; defending Palestinian children&#39;s rights. This work isn&#39;t getting easier\u2014but we aren&#39;t going anywhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithThe6?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithThe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iAZK2DteZz\">pic.twitter.com\/iAZK2DteZz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCIPalestine\/status\/1560331456609751041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28208ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28208ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9792581\" data-id=\"9792581\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-328415e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"328415e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>Israel ratified the designation by law on Wednesday for three of the groups, drawing criticism from the UN and human rights watchdogs. The UN called for the designations to be revoked.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>&#8220;Despite offers to do so, Israeli authorities have not presented to the United Nations any credible evidence to justify these declarations,&#8221; the UN Human Rights Office said in a statement. &#8220;As such, the closures appear totally arbitrary.&#8221;<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>The UN&#8217;s special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor described the raids as &#8220;extremely worrying&#8221;.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US State Department said Israel said it would provide them with more information on the reasons behind closures after Washington contacted Israeli officials following the raids by security forces.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50d68d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50d68d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-130cd0d\" data-id=\"130cd0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27893f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27893f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extremely worrying news of raids on offices of leading Palestinian human rights orgs by Israeli forces today. Equipment seized, materials taken &amp; offices sealed in another clear attempt to repress those documenting &amp; pursuing accountability for rights violations. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraelinGeneva?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IsraelinGeneva<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs (@MaryLawlorhrds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryLawlorhrds\/status\/1560208740778999810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ebd709 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ebd709\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed45f61\" data-id=\"ed45f61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0c396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b0c396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>&#8220;We will review what is provided to us and come to our own conclusion,&#8221; State Department spokesperson Ned Price said at a regular news briefing.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>Nine European Union countries have said they will continue working with the groups, citing a lack of evidence for the Israeli accusation.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>The UN identified the groups as the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association; Al Haq; Bisan Center for Research and Development; Defense for Children International \u2013 Palestine; Health Work Committees (HWC); Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC); and the Union of Palestinian Women&#8217;s Committees (UPWC).<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><p>Palestinian officials condemned the closures, which Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said was invalid.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;These are legal institutions that work under the law,&#8221; Mr Shtayyeh told reporters during a visit to the office of Al-Haq in Ramallah.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df49930 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df49930\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33aa3b1\" data-id=\"33aa3b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfd5e62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bfd5e62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/03-190822.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6575\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/03-190822.png 800w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/03-190822-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/03-190822-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/03-190822-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9496ae6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9496ae6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-994539d\" data-id=\"994539d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fba8b05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fba8b05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz reiterated Israel&#8217;s claim that the organisations had operated undercover to serve the PFLP, which has carried out deadly attacks on Israelis. The United States and the EU both regard the group as a terrorist organisation.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;They also assist in raising funds for the terrorist organisation via a variety of methods that include forgery and fraud,&#8221; Mr Gantz said.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces arriving to guard Jewish worshippers visiting Joseph&#8217;s Tomb, a shrine in the West Bank city of Nablus. The site has seen repeated clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces.<\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An 18-year-old Palestinian, who the Israeli military alleged had shot at soldiers, was killed and at least 30 people were wounded during the clashes in Nablus, Palestinian medics said.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-246958d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"246958d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-561d1c3\" data-id=\"561d1c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37b22a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37b22a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Article taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/article\/extremely-worrying-un-voices-concerns-over-israels-forced-closure-of-palestinian-ngos\/ma3mp0gm7\">SBS News<\/a> sourced from Reuters.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s forced closure of seven Palestinian non-government-organisations has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, which said the move appeared &#8220;totally arbitrary&#8221;. Security forces raided the groups&#8217; offices in the West Bank on Thursday, confiscating computers, client files and equipment before sealing off entrances, Palestinian witnesses and officials said. The Israeli military alleged the groups were&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/extremely-worrying-un-voices-concerns-over-israels-forced-closure-of-palestinian-ngos\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Extremely worrying&#8217;: UN voices concerns over Israel&#8217;s forced closure of Palestinian NGOs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29],"tags":[128,45,46,39,121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6547"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6585,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6547\/revisions\/6585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}