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Rights groups banned

Israel has effectively outlawed six prominent Palestinian human rights groups by declaring them terrorist organisations, in a major escalation of a decades-long crackdown on political activism in the occupied territories. Most of the targeted organisations document alleged human rights violations by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Israeli and international rights groups have condemned the move. Israel already bans even peaceful political activities in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli Defence Ministry said the groups were secretly linked to the 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. Israel has long accused human rights groups and international bodies of being biased against it.

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