Quakers reject ‘terrorist’ branding of six Palestinian groups

‘The six include some of the most well-established Palestinian human rights organisations working in the occupied Palestinian territory.'

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined other humanitarian and faith organisations in condemning the Israeli government’s decision to declare six Palestinian civil society groups as ‘terrorist organisations’.

In a statement released on 26 October, the sixteen UK-based organisations called on the international community to publicly reject the move to obstruct the essential work of these organisations, and to continue supporting them.

The statement said: ‘The six include some of the most well-established Palestinian human rights organisations working in the occupied Palestinian territory including Addameer, which provides legal services to Palestinian detainees and prisoners held within Israel’s military detention system; Al-Haq, a human rights organisation that has been internationally recognised for its work – including receiving the 2018 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic; and Defence for Children International – Palestine, a child rights organisation that protects and promotes the rights of Palestinian children living in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.’

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