(VOVWORLD) - Security Council members Estonia, France, and Ireland together with Norway and Albania have expressed “serious concern” at Israel’s recent designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations.
 Shawan Jabarin, general director of al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organization in the West Bank (Photo: AP) |
Their joint statement said these listings are a matter of serious concern, as they have far-reaching consequences for the organizations in political, legal and financial terms. The five countries will be asking Israeli authorities for information regarding the basis for these designations, which they will study carefully, according to the statement.
They called on Israel and Palestine to refrain from unilateral actions that increase tensions and undermine the two-state solution and call upon them to build on steps taken in recent months to improve cooperation.