Posted on 08/22/22
| News Source: i24
'The reality here is that the US has for too long turned a blind eye... to Israeli government abuses'
The US civilian foreign intelligence service, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), could not validate Israel’s controversial designation of six Palestinian NGOs as “terrorist organizations.”
Still, the finding did not lead to any official criticism by the United States of the Israeli classifications.
In October, Jerusalem labeled as terror groups Addameer, Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Defense for Children International–Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women Committees.
After international condemnation of the blacklisting – including from US lawmakers, European Union governments, and the United Nations – Israel earlier this year passed intelligence about the designations to Washington