On Oct. 20, at 11am - 12:30pm EDT / 5pm - 6:30pm CET, the Charity & Security Network is hosting a panel discussion on Tracking the Suppression of Palestinian Civil Society and Human Rights Advocacy.
Washington, D.C., Aug. 18, 2022 — Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has reportedly ratified the terrorism designations of three of the six Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations first designated by the Israeli military
C&SN Director Paul Carroll is quoted calling on President Biden to end his "position of callous ambivalence" towards the six Palestinian organizations that Israel wrongfully designated as terror groups last year. Read the full article
June 8, 2022 C&SN Director Paul Carroll unpacks the implications of an Israeli government ordinance slated to go into effect in July that would further a longstanding campaign to undermine Palestinian civil society. Read the
By Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery On April 29, 2022, the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law released their Practical Guidance resource, Navigating access to financial services for CSOs: a practical guidance and accompanying video. The Practical Guidance highlights
On April 22, 2022, Reginald Turner, the President of the American Bar Association (ABA)—the largest voluntary association of attorneys and legal professionals in the world—wrote a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Israel’s
By Gabe Murphy Coverage of the war in Ukraine has rightly emphasized the critical role of civil society in responding to this moment. Both local civil society groups and international nongovernmental organizations have mobilized to
Today, 5 Palestinian organizations declared ‘unlawful associations’ by the Israeli military filed an objection to the designation, citing a lack of due process, a lack of evidence, conflict of interest, and violation of the rule
Following intense political pressure from the Israeli government and allied organizations, the Dutch government has decided to cut funding to a Palestinian NGO that aids farmers in areas targeted for Israeli settlement expansion, the Union
On Jan. 5, 2022, the Dutch Foreign Ministry published a letter to the Dutch Parliament announcing that it was cutting its financial support for the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), a leading Palestinian civil
