...The rights activists branded terrorists by the defense minister, Benny Gantz, work on a range of uniformly peaceful civil society projects to improve life in the occupied territories run by Israel’s military.

The six groups are: Defense for Children International Palestine, which defends Palestinian children in Israeli military courts and has documented abuses and killings by Israeli forces; Al-Haq, which documents violations of Palestinians’ rights in the West Bank and is an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva; Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, which advocates for Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons; the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), an agricultural development group; the Bisan Center for Research and Development, an academic institute whose Ramallah offices were raided by Israeli forces in July; and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, a women’s rights organization. ...

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