Sahar Francis
Role at the time: Human rights lawyer and former general director of Addameer
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”
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.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)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.