'Defense of human rights is not terrorism,' btselem and more than four dozen other Israel-based groups wrote in a new statement defending Palestinian civil society organizations.
"Documentation, advocacy, and legal aid are the core of human rights work around the world. Criminalizing such activity is a deplorable act characteristic of repressive regimes."More than 50 Israel-based civil society organizations on Monday expressed solidarity with the Palestinian nonprofits that have been subjected to an ongoing legal and physical assault from the Israeli apartheid regime.
."Israel is persisting in its declaration of prominent Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist groups. Recently, the military put words into action by raiding their offices and shutting them down."