"A reported lack of evidence to support this decision raises concerns that it may be a deeply repressive measure, designed to criminalise and silence prominent and essential Palestinian human rights organizations," the lawmakers wrote.
Nine European Union states rejected Israel's designation of six Palestinian organizations as terror groups, and said they would continue funding and working with them.
The European Commission has restored funding to Palestinian human rights groups Al-Haq despite an Israeli attack on it and five other Palestinian organizations as having supposed terrorist links.
Israel s desperate bid to get European countries to back its designation of six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations has been struck a blow. European diplomats have said that t.
UN human rights experts yesterday slammed Israel over its apparent misuse of anti-terrorism legislation to attack some of the leading civil society organisations, while calling on the internatio.