One week after Defense Minister Benny Gantz designated six human rights organizations as terrorist groups for their ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the head of the left-wing activist group Breaking the Silence met in Washington with anti-Israel congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)
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Following his meeting with Omar, Avner Gvaryahu tweeted the two had spoken: "about the six Palestinian human rights NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] who were disgracefully outlawed last week, the ever-increasing entrenchment of the occupation and the surge in settler violence against Palestinians."
Thank you @Ilhan for an excellent meeting. We spoke about the six Palestinian human rights NGOs who were disgracefully outlawed last week, the ever-increasing entrenchment of the occupation and the surge in settler violence against Palestinians pic.twitter.com/83VLi1i245
— Avner Gvaryahu (@AGvaryahu) October 27, 2021
The meeting followed a contentious week in US-Israel relations during which the US State Department condemned Israel's plans to authorize the construction of thousands of housing units in Judea and Samaria.
At a press conference, State Department Spokesman Ned Price said Washington was "concerned about the publication of tenders on Sunday for 1,300 settlement units, for – 1,300 settlement units in a number of West Bank settlements."
"We also view plans for the retroactive legalization of illegal outposts as unacceptable," he said.
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