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Friday, November 12, 2010

Israel says no to NGO’s helping Palestinians

RT- International NGOs working with Palestinians are supposed to provide vital help to the people, but Israel claims they are provoking trouble. As a result, the Israeli Interior Ministry has been withdrawing permits for aid workers.

Activists from around the world are keen to photograph and protest Palestinian suffering.

“Most of the NGO’S only bring more fuel to the conflict. They bring more hate to the conflict, they have kidnapped the terms human rights,” says founder of Im Tirtzu movement Ronen Shoval.

The Israeli Interior Ministry shares that view, and from the start of 2010, started withdrawing work permits from international NGO's. Oxfam, Save the Children and Médecins Sans Frontières have all been affected. Read more
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