...Last week, as Common Dreams reported, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz's punitive designation targeted six groups—Addameer, AlHaq, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Defense for Children International - Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees.

Under the apartheid regime's Counter-Terrorism Law of 2016, "these human rights organizations now face possible mass arrest and being shut down by the Israeli government, and anyone identifying with the groups can also be subject to imprisonment," the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), one of the groups that spearheaded Friday's letter, warned in a statement. ...

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