Israel Designates 6 Palestinian Civil Groups As "Terrorist Organizations"
NDTV
The Israeli defence ministry accused the six civil society groups of working covertly with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a leftist group.
Israel designated six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed "terrorist organisations" Friday in a move swiftly condemned by the Palestinian Authority and international human rights groups.
The Jewish state said its move was due to the groups' alleged financing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), after it earlier this year informed European donors of their alleged financial misconduct.
The Israeli defence ministry accused the six groups of working covertly with the PFLP, a leftist group which pioneered plane hijackings in the 1970s to highlight the Palestinian cause and is blacklisted by several Western governments.
According to the ministry, the six groups "constitute a network of organisations active undercover on the international front on behalf of the PFLP to support its activity and further its goals."
