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Israel Seeks Ways to Silence Human Rights Groups

By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth - Mercredi, 5 août 2009 - 7h19 AM

Wednesday 5 August 2009

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First goal is to stop Gaza war crimes revelations

Groups reported to be in the foreign ministry’s sights are: B’Tselem, whoseactivities include providing Palestinians with cameras to record abuses bysettlers and the army; Peace Now, which monitors settlement building;Machsom Watch, whose activists observe soldiers at the checkpoints; and Physicians for Human Rights, which has recently examined doctors’ complicityin torture.

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