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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, second left, visits the office of the al-Haq Human rights organization that was raided by Israel forces, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, August 18, 2022
ISRAELI forces were condemned today after they shut down the offices of six Palestinian civil society organisations in the West Bank.
Amnesty International has called on Israeli authorities to stop harassing such organisations.
Israeli armed forces conducted dawn raids on the Ramallah offices of Addameer, Defence for Children International — Palestine (DCIP), al-Haq, the Union of Palestinian Women Committees, the Bisan Centre for Research and Development and the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Amnesty said.
Soldiers confiscated files and equipment, issued military orders to close down and welded office doors shut.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES
