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Israel closes Palestinian rights groups it labeled terrorist
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FILE - Shawan Jabarin, director of the al-Haq human rights group, walks in the organization's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Oct. 23, 2021. Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously designated as terrorist organizations, including al-Haq, sealing entrance doors and leaving notices declaring them closed, the groups said Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. 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. - photo by AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — 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.