EU Missions Concerned over Israeli Raid of NGOs in Ramallah « Kawther Salam

EU Missions Concerned over Israeli Raid of NGOs in Ramallah « Kawther Salam

EU Missions Concerned over Israeli Raid of NGOs in Ramallah

Jerusalem, 18 December 2012 - Local EU statement on NGO offices raided by Israeli security forces

The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah are deeply concerned by the incursion by Israeli Security Forces into Ramallah on 11 December, to raid the offices of 3 NGO’s with which the EU and some of its Member States have implemented cooperation projects: Addameer, the Union of Palestinian Women Committees (UPWC) and the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO).

Incursions by Israeli forces into Palestinian cities where the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords assumes the powers and responsibilities for internal security and public order, put in jeopardy the internationally recognized success of Palestinian institution building efforts.

The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah see Palestinian civil society as an essential partner in the shared project of democratic state building.

It should be noted that the Israeli occupation criminal forces raided the offices of three Huam rights organizations (NGOs) in Ramallah, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, and thePalestinian NGO Network.

The offices were ransacked, their doors broken in, their computers and hard drives confiscated and their materials damaged, confiscated and destroyed. These Palestinian human rights defenders are on the front lines in defending the rights of Palestinian prisoners, organizing Palestinian women, and coordinating Palestinian civil society in the face of the Israeli occupation.

According to Addameer statement published on their homepage. At 3 am this morning, 11 December 2012, the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights office was raided by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Four laptops, one hard disk and a video camera were taken among other materials. The IOF destroyed the office; desks, ransacked filing cabinets and files and scattered files around the office. At this moment, we are not clear as to what has been confiscated, but in the coming days we will know more about the level of destruction and damage. This is the first raid by the IOF since 2002, when the Addameer office was raided during the invasion of Ramallah.

The offices of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committee and the Palestinian NGO Network were also raided and ransacked last night.  Addameer condemns this attack on human rights and civil society organizations, and sees it as an attempt to cripple solidarity with the  prisoners
movement.

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