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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Israel closes Palestinian rights groups it labeled terrorist

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously designated as terrorist organizations, sealing entrance doors and leaving notices declaring them closed, the groups said Thursday.

Israel has claimed some of these groups had ties to the militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular, left-wing movement with a political party as well as an armed wing that has carried out deadly attacks against Israelis. The groups deny Israel's claim.

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