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Israel bans Amnesty, HRW from entering Gaza Strip
[Iran Press TV] Israel has banned ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... (HRW) representatives from entering the besieged Gazoo Strip in order to launch their investigations into the Israeli onslaught on the coastal enclave. Media reports said on Monday that both human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... organizations have been trying to obtain permission to enter Gazoo since July 7. The reports said that the grounds for the ban are that the Israeli-controlled Erez crossing is closed, and that neither group is registered with the Israeli Social Affairs Ministry as a humanitarian aid organization. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... Erez was open throughout most of Israel's deadly attacks on Gazoo which started on July 8. Amnesty is said to have held talks with Israeli authorities. Israel has said that only the UN agencies can be registered with the Foreign Ministry, and that the human rights group does not "meet the criterion set" by the Social Affairs Ministry for a humanitarian aid organization. The group has asked several European foreign ministries to raise the issue with Israeli diplomats and the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The Amnesty and HRW had hoped to send researchers to the Gazoo Strip during the offensive, accompanied by weapons and munitions experts with military backgrounds. HRW Sherlocks have been banned from entering Gazoo via the Erez crossing since 2006, while Amnesty's employees have been barred since June 2012. Posted by: Fred 2014-08-19 |
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