The Dispute Index

Sahar Francis

Sahar Francis is a Palestinian human rights lawyer based in Ramallah. She is the former general director of the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, a group that gives legal aid to Palestinian prisoners, and has represented Palestinian detainees before Israeli military courts.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Sahar Francis on Israel, Military and Defense, and Palestine. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Sahar Francis

Sahar Francis

Role at the time: Human rights lawyer and former general director of Addameer

Condemned

Statement summary

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.

“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”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)"Propaganda Show": IDF Raids Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections · Democracy Now!Transcript, Sahar Francis interview
Why we used 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.

Read statementIsraeli 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

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Case

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

Relationship to this case: Participant

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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