Israeli forces raid an office in Ramallah that Israel says is Addameer's; the IDF says the group is terror-funded, and Palestinian rights groups call the raid politically motivated
Israeli forces raided offices in Ramallah that Israel says belong to Addameer, a Palestinian prisoners' rights group. The IDF says Addameer is funded by terror funds; Palestinian rights groups call the raid politically motivated harassment before Israel's election.
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Overview
In 2021 Israel's Defense Ministry designated six Palestinian groups, including Addameer and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, as terrorist organizations, saying they were an arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Israeli forces raided and closed their offices in August 2022, and the United States sanctioned Addameer on June 12, 2025. The Palestinian rights council says the women's committees closed their Ramallah offices in 2022, and Francis says the office raided on October 13 had been closed since then. The council says forces left a notice on the premises declaring Addameer an illegal entity. The IDF announcement also described a separate raid in recent weeks on an orphans' charity in Yatta that it says served Hamas. Al Jazeera, citing the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reports that a child was injured by live fire during the operation in Ramallah and El-Bireh.
Timeline
5 timeline entries on this page. Dates: June 12, 2025 to October 14, 2026
June 2025
The United States sanctions Addameer
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council says the United States sanctioned Addameer on June 12, 2025, under Executive Order 13224.
[01]Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council
Statement by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, dated October 13, 2026 and posted on the website of member group Al-Haq. It describes the raid on offices Israel said belonged to Addameer and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, quotes the notice left on the premises, recounts the 2021 designations, the 2022 office raids and the June 12, 2025 U.S. sanctions on Addameer, and calls the raids politically motivated ahead of Israel's election.
PHROC Strongly Condemns Israel's continued attacks on Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders · Palestinian Human Rights Organizations CouncilFull statement
October 2026
Israeli forces raid offices in Ramallah that Israel says belong to Addameer and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees
Incident
Israeli forces search offices in central Ramallah attributed to Addameer and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, confiscate equipment and files, and deploy snipers around the entrances to the Palestine Medical Complex.
[02]Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera's same-day report on the October 13, 2026 raids in Ramallah. It names the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and Addameer as the organizations searched, describes snipers deployed around the Palestine Medical Complex, quotes its correspondent saying forces were confiscating Addameer equipment, and recalls Israel's 2021 terrorist designation of both groups.
Israeli forces raid Palestinian NGOs in occupied West Bank · Al JazeeraFull article[01]Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council
Statement by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, dated October 13, 2026 and posted on the website of member group Al-Haq. It describes the raid on offices Israel said belonged to Addameer and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, quotes the notice left on the premises, recounts the 2021 designations, the 2022 office raids and the June 12, 2025 U.S. sanctions on Addameer, and calls the raids politically motivated ahead of Israel's election.
PHROC Strongly Condemns Israel's continued attacks on Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders · Palestinian Human Rights Organizations CouncilFull statementPalestinian Human Rights Organizations Council denounces the raid
Reaction
The council calls the raid part of a series of repressive measures aimed at silencing Palestinian civil society and says the raids are politically motivated by Israel's upcoming election.
[01]Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council
Statement by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, dated October 13, 2026 and posted on the website of member group Al-Haq. It describes the raid on offices Israel said belonged to Addameer and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, quotes the notice left on the premises, recounts the 2021 designations, the 2022 office raids and the June 12, 2025 U.S. sanctions on Addameer, and calls the raids politically motivated ahead of Israel's election.
PHROC Strongly Condemns Israel's continued attacks on Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders · Palestinian Human Rights Organizations CouncilFull statementSahar Francis calls the raid a propaganda show on Democracy Now!
Reaction
Former Addameer director Sahar Francis tells Democracy Now! the raided offices had already been closed and calls the raid part of a propaganda show the government was implementing weeks before Israel's election.
[03]Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! interview broadcast October 14, 2026, with transcript. Amy Goodman speaks with Sahar Francis, former general director of Addameer, about the previous day's raid in Ramallah. Francis says the offices had been closed since 2022, describes destroyed files and equipment, and calls the raid part of a show staged before Israel's election.
"Propaganda Show": IDF Raids Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections · Democracy Now!Transcript, Sahar Francis interviewIDF and Israel Security Agency say the raided association is funded by terror funds
Source release
In a joint announcement, the IDF and the Israel Security Agency say they raided the offices of the Addameer charity association in Ramallah, arrested wanted individuals and seized computers, documents and checkbooks, and that the association is funded by terror funds.
[04]Israel Defense Forces
The IDF's Hebrew-language X account posted the joint IDF and Israel Security Agency announcement on October 14, 2026. The post says, in translation, that terror organizations operated under the guise of charities, that the IDF and ISA exposed their cooperation in the West Bank and arrested activists, and links to the full statement on the IDF website.
Israel Defense Forces Hebrew X post announcing the raids on charities in Ramallah and Yatta · Israel Defense ForcesPost text and video[05]Exposed: The 'charities' that serve as terrorist offices
Israel National News report of October 14, 2026 that reproduces the joint IDF and Israel Security Agency announcement. It says forces raided the offices of what the military calls the Addameer charity association in Ramallah on Tuesday, seized computers, documents and checkbooks, and arrested wanted individuals, and gives the military's account of a separate raid on an orphans' charity in Yatta.
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What's disputed
Disputed claim
Israel Defense Forces
The Addameer charity association is funded by terror funds and provides legal assistance to members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine held in prison.
What is disputed
The IDF and the Israel Security Agency made the claim in their joint announcement about the October 13 raid. The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council says Israel designated Addameer as a terrorist organization in 2021 without providing evidence, and calls the raid politically motivated.
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- PHROC Strongly Condemns Israel's continued attacks on Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders · Palestinian Human Rights Organizations CouncilFull statement
Response record
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Israel Defense ForcesIsrael's military, announcing a joint operation with the Israel Security AgencyDirectly involvedBefore this statement
Israel National News reports that in a joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet, security forces raided the offices of the Addameer charity association in Ramallah on Tuesday. It says wanted individuals were apprehended and computers, documents and checkbooks were confiscated.
"the 'Addameer charity association' is funded by terror funds and provides legal assistance to PFLP terrorists held in prison"
Defended or excusedResponding to: The Addameer charity association is funded by terror funds and provides legal assistance to members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine held in prison.
Full statement and sources
According to the IDF, the group it calls the Addameer charity association is funded by terror funds and gives legal assistance to imprisoned PFLP members it calls terrorists, and some people working at the association took part in a 2019 attack.
After the statement
The announcement adds that some of the people working at the association took part in the August 23, 2019 attack at the Danny Spring in which Rina Shnerb was killed, and describes a separate raid on an orphans' charity in Yatta that it says served Hamas.
Israel Defense Forces Hebrew X post announcing the raids on charities in Ramallah and Yatta · Israel Defense ForcesPost text and videoWhy this label?
The case looks at the October 13 raid on the Ramallah office Israel attributes to Addameer. The announcement presents the raid as a targeted operation against an illegal charity that serves a terrorist organization, so we labeled it a defense of the raid.
This label describes the statement's response within the context above.
Sahar FrancisHuman rights lawyer and former general director of AddameerDirectly involved Before this statement
Amy Goodman says the offices of Addameer and other groups were closed years ago after Israel classified them as terrorist organizations, and asks what they were raiding. Francis says the offices were raided in 2020 and that the groups were forced to close after the decision to designate six Palestinian organizations as terrorist organizations. The Democracy Now! introduction says Addameer was forced to close its West Bank offices in 2022.
"I would claim that this is part of the whole propaganda show that this government is actually implementing just before the Israeli election, couple of weeks before the Israeli election, to send a very clear message to the whole Palestinian society"
CondemnedCase context: Israeli forces raid an office in Ramallah that Israel says is Addameer's; the IDF says the group is terror-funded, and Palestinian rights groups call the raid politically motivated
Full statement and sources
Francis says she would claim the raid was part of a propaganda show the Israeli government was implementing just before its election, to send a message to Palestinian society and the Palestinian Authority, and that the aim was harassment and collective punishment.
After the statement
She says the forces mostly broke and destroyed files and equipment rather than confiscating property, says "They just wanted to cause harassment", and argues that treating Addameer's legal office as terrorism would make legal representation of Palestinian prisoners before Israeli military courts a terror act.
"Propaganda Show": IDF Raids Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections · Democracy Now!Transcript, Sahar Francis interviewWhy this label?
The case looks at the October 13 raid on the Ramallah office Israel attributes to Addameer. Francis calls the raid propaganda and harassment, so we labeled it a condemnation.
This label describes the statement's response within the context above.
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations CouncilCoalition of Palestinian human rights organizations whose members include AddameerDirectly involved Before this statement
The council says that on October 13, 2026, Israeli forces raided offices they claimed belonged to the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and Addameer, confiscated equipment, furniture and files, deployed snipers at the entrance of the Palestine Medical Complex and assaulted journalists. It says a notice left on the premises declared Addameer an illegal entity.
"The Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council (PHROC) strongly denounces the latest attacks by Israel, as the latest in a series of repressive measures aimed at silencing the work of Palestinian civil society"
CondemnedCase context: Israeli forces raid an office in Ramallah that Israel says is Addameer's; the IDF says the group is terror-funded, and Palestinian rights groups call the raid politically motivated
Full statement and sources
The council denounces the raid as one of a series of measures meant to silence Palestinian civil society, says Israel designated Addameer without evidence, and calls the raids politically motivated by Israel's upcoming election.
After the statement
The statement says Israel designated Addameer and five other groups in 2021 without providing evidence, recalls the U.S. sanctions on Addameer of June 12, 2025, and says the sanctions and raids are politically motivated, in particular by the upcoming Israeli elections.
PHROC Strongly Condemns Israel's continued attacks on Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders · Palestinian Human Rights Organizations CouncilFull statementWhy this label?
The case looks at the October 13 raid on the Ramallah office Israel attributes to Addameer. The council denounces the raid and calls it politically motivated, so we labeled it a condemnation.
This label describes the statement's response within the context above.
Sources
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Reporting
Israeli forces raid Palestinian NGOs in occupied West Bank
Relevant passage: Full article
About this source
Al Jazeera's same-day report on the October 13, 2026 raids in Ramallah. It names the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and Addameer as the organizations searched, describes snipers deployed around the Palestine Medical Complex, quotes its correspondent saying forces were confiscating Addameer equipment, and recalls Israel's 2021 terrorist designation of both groups.
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- Al Jazeera Staff
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Original post
Israel Defense Forces Hebrew X post announcing the raids on charities in Ramallah and Yatta
About this source
The IDF's Hebrew-language X account posted the joint IDF and Israel Security Agency announcement on October 14, 2026. The post says, in translation, that terror organizations operated under the guise of charities, that the IDF and ISA exposed their cooperation in the West Bank and arrested activists, and links to the full statement on the IDF website.
- Author
- Israel Defense Forces
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- Accessed
Reporting
Exposed: The 'charities' that serve as terrorist offices
Relevant passage: Full article
About this source
Israel National News report of October 14, 2026 that reproduces the joint IDF and Israel Security Agency announcement. It says forces raided the offices of what the military calls the Addameer charity association in Ramallah on Tuesday, seized computers, documents and checkbooks, and arrested wanted individuals, and gives the military's account of a separate raid on an orphans' charity in Yatta.
- Author
- Israel National News
- Published
- Accessed
Interview
"Propaganda Show": IDF Raids Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections
Relevant passage: Transcript, Sahar Francis interview
About this source
Democracy Now! interview broadcast October 14, 2026, with transcript. Amy Goodman speaks with Sahar Francis, former general director of Addameer, about the previous day's raid in Ramallah. Francis says the offices had been closed since 2022, describes destroyed files and equipment, and calls the raid part of a show staged before Israel's election.
- Author
- Amy Goodman
- Published
- Accessed
Official statement
PHROC Strongly Condemns Israel's continued attacks on Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders
Relevant passage: Full statement
About this source
Statement by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, dated October 13, 2026 and posted on the website of member group Al-Haq. It describes the raid on offices Israel said belonged to Addameer and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, quotes the notice left on the premises, recounts the 2021 designations, the 2022 office raids and the June 12, 2025 U.S. sanctions on Addameer, and calls the raids politically motivated ahead of Israel's election.
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- Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council
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