Labels & Laws: Silencing the Voices of Justice
A panel discussion of Israel’s labeling of six Palestinian organizations as terrorists and the bigger picture of Israeli lawfare - manipulation of legislation, political labels, and their own judicial system to muzzle human rights defenders, violate universal rights with impunity and hide the reality of Israeli apartheid and brutal oppression.
The panel considers the history of harassment all these groups have endured and the methods Israel has been using against other prominent human rights defenders and humanitarian organizations.
Speakers:
SAHAR FRANCIS: General Director of Addameer, one of the organizations under attack
BRAD PARKER: Senior Advisor, Policy and Advocacy at Defense for Children International - Palestine, one of the organizations under attack
JONATHAN KUTTAB: International human rights attorney, Executive Director of Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), co-founder of Al Haq, one of the organizations under attack
M. Theresa Basile (Moderator): UMKR Communications Director and co-founder, Board Member at Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), former Steering Committee Member at US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR)
RESOURCES:
THE SIX ORGANIZATIONS
Addameer
Defense for Children International - Palestine
Al-Haq human rights center
Bisan Center for Research and Development
Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees
Union of Agricultural Work Committee
TAKE ACTION
For everyone:
PETITION to President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken
For those in the US:
H. Res.751 - Condemning the repressive designation by the Government of Israel of six prominent Palestinian groups as terrorist organizations
CONTACT your Representative, asking them to co-sponsor H. Res. 751
OTHER RESOURCES
What you need to know about Israel’s political attacks on Palestinian rights organizations
‘They targeted us for one reason: We’re succeeding in changing the paradigm’
Israel refuses to reveal the evidence against the six Palestinian organizations it has designated as "terrorist organizations"
FIND MORE RESOURCES on this subject at UMKR’s website