Posts Tagged ‘designation’

Israel pressuring Biden to accept terrorist designation for Palestinian NGOs

Last week an Israeli delegation was in Washington, D.C. trying to pressure the Biden administration into accepting its terror designation for six Palestinian human rights groups. “Israeli officials told me the delegation that went to Washington last week included officials from the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense […]

‘It won’t end with us’: Addameer director warns of repercussions of Israeli ‘terror’ designation

In a small office near downtown Ramallah, a melting pot of staff members, of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, flow in and out of their workspaces. Some of the staff chat while they have lunch, while others sit at their computers, or comb over files at their desks.  It’s a typical office scene that can […]

Israel’s ‘terrorist’ designation of Palestinian rights groups credits ‘apartheid’ label U.S. political establishment denies

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s declaration that six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups are “terrorist” organizations aimed at the “destruction” of the country has unleashed fury. “It’s a storm that won’t die down,” Owen Alterman of the Israeli broadcaster i24 News said yesterday. Liberal Zionists have said the designation is “deeply repressive,” and […]

IDF Asks Wikipedia to Edit ‘Hezbollah’ Entry to Reflect Terror Designation

(The Media Line) The official IDF Twitter account posted a call on Tuesday for Wikipedia in English to edit its article on the Lebanese organization Hizbullah (spelled “Hezbollah” in Wikipedia) to reflect its identification by 26 countries as a terrorist organization. Wikipedia is a battleground for competing viewpoints, experts say, and the “Hezbollah” page is […]

As Houthis welcome US drop of terrorist designation, gov’t distraught

Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement welcomed the Biden Administration’s decision to cancel the US State Department’s recent designation of it as a terrorist organization. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The American decision, an effort to help control the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country, was announced on Friday, one day after […]

U.S. to drop terrorist designation for Iran-backed Houthis due to Yemen crisis

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German right-wing AfD party goes to court ahead of reported designation as ‘suspected’ extremist group

Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has filed two lawsuits against the nation’s domestic security service that is reportedly about to designate it a “suspected” extremist group ahead of national elections. The party has filed two legal complaints and two emergency motions against the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution – a […]

Slowdown in official UAE-Israel ties after ‘red country’ designation

Progress in some areas of normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has slowed in recent weeks, with an Israeli diplomatic source pointing to the UAE’s designation as a “red country” by Israel’s Health Ministry. “At first, there was high motivation in the UAE to promote all kinds of agreements,” the source said. “Lately, they’re not […]

US, Israel Furious Over UNESCO Heritage Designation

Israeli police stand guard on the site known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque and to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the Palestinian city of Hebron. (AP Photo) Both the US and Israel are reacting with outrage today and threatening to defund UNESCO, following the international body’s recognition that the Tomb of Patriarchs, […]

Larijani: Quds Day, day of Islamic awakening

TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that the International Quds Day rallies provokes Islamic awakening among nations. Speaking among reporters on the sidelines of Quds Day on Friday, Larijani pointing to the impressive turnout of Iranian people at Quds Day said the massive presence is first effective for the dignity of the […]

Anwar al-Aulaqi gets new designation in death

Greg Miller and Alice FordhamThe Washington Post Friday, September 30, 2011 U.S. officials have given Anwar al-Aulaqi a newly elevated designation on the day of his death by drone strike, describing him as “chief of external operations” for al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen. The new title, cited by officials at the White House and the CIA, reflects […]

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