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On 19 October 2021, the Israeli government declared six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as "terrorist institutions,” a legal designation could subject them to great harm under harsh and extreme Israeli laws and within the international community.

The declaration targeted Defense for Children International–Palestine, Addameer, Al-Haq the human rights center, the Bisan Centre for Research and Development, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees.

United Methodists and many of our faith partners have worked closely with some of these organizations, such as Defense for Children international-Palestine, Addameer, and Al-Haq, and we know a good deal about of the great work of all six of these groups.

They advocate for Palestinian human rights at the local and international levels, provide services and support to women, children, farmers, and prisoners, and collectively support thousands of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Learn more here…

They are being targeted because they are doing critical work to expose and resist Israel’s constant violations of Palestinian rights.

Israel is coming under increasing international scrutiny and condemnation for its never-ending and illegal settlement expansion, its theft of Palestinian land and property, and its massive and daily violations of human rights and humanitarian law, in the West Bank and Gaza and against Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Israel continues to expand the so-called “terrorist” designation using racist propaganda and unfounded accusations, as recent reporting has helped to make clear. (See more in News & Commentary here…)

These terrorism accusations can cause enormous harm to Palestinians and their allies, such as loss of funding, seizure of assets, intense surveillance, harassment and imprisonment of staff and volunteers, online abuse, and much more. The cost to Palestinian civil society with the loss of these groups’ vital work would be incalculable.

This “terrorist” designation is the latest move in Israel’s strategy to criminalize and undermine resistance to its violent and expanding colonialism and oppression. It is another stage in Israel's escalating efforts to isolate Palestinians from the international community.

We must not stand by silently! We must call for government leaders to reject this abusive designation and to press Israel to reverse it.

Representative Betty McCollum has introduced House Resolution 751. Take action now to urge your Representative to support that, AND call on your Senators to speak out and to press the Biden administration to take action.

It doesn't matter if you think they would do this or would agree with you. Speaking up has both moral and practical value, every time we do it! Letting government leaders know they have another constituent who cares about Palestinian human rights, and doing it relentlessly, is always worthwhile action.

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Subject: Defend human rights defenders from slander of "terrorism"

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On Oct. 19, the Israeli Ministry of Defense issued an order declaring key Palestinian human rights and civil society groups “terrorist organizations.”

The targeted groups include Defense for Children International – Palestine, Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan, the Union of Agricultural Working Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees.
The declaration effectively outlaws these groups.

These groups are among the world’s most respected Palestinian human rights organizations. They work closely with the United Nations and international nongovernmental organization partners. They also provide important information to U.S. State Department and EU officials as well as vital services to Palestinians.

For decades, the Israeli government has targeted these organizations because of their human rights activism. They have made similar accusations about these groups to the organizations’ donors, arrested and detained staff, and raided their offices.

U.N., EU, and U.S. officials have thoroughly investigated and rejected all previous Israeli accusations that these organizations are linked to terrorist groups.

Under the new order, the Israeli government could close these organizations’ offices, seize their assets, and arrest and jail their staff.

This is an outrageous and dangerous escalation of Israel’s attacks on civil society and human rights defenders.

The US sends billions of dollars to Israel every year, and we are complicit in such actions. The United States must intervene immediately.

For my Senators and Representative, I urge you to:

- CONDEMN this order and call for its immediate reversal.

- CALL on the Biden administration to call for a reversal of this order and demand the protection of Palestinian civil society groups and human rights defenders.

For my Representative:

Rep. Betty McCollum has introduced H. Res 751: “Condemning the repressive designation by the Government of Israel of six prominent Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.”

Hundreds of faith-based and human and civil rights organizations have endorsed this resolution, including leaders of the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church USA, the Episcopal Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and other major religious communities.

I urge you to ADD YOUR NAME to this important resolution by joining as a cosponsor.

Thank you for your serious consideration to this urgent human rights matter.

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