Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council denounces the raid as an attack on civil society
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations CouncilCoalition of Palestinian human rights organizations whose members include Addameer
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.
“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”
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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
On October 13, 2026, Israeli forces raided offices in Ramallah that Israel said belonged to the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, two groups Israel designated as terrorist organizations in 2021. Forces confiscated equipment and files and deployed snipers around the nearby Palestine Medical Complex. The next day the IDF and the Israel Security Agency said the "Addameer charity association" is funded by terror funds and gives legal assistance to imprisoned members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council and Sahar Francis, a former Addameer director, called the raid harassment timed to Israel's upcoming election.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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