As we are marking one year since the unlawful designation and criminalization of six prominent Palestinian civil society organizations, we would like international solidarity to grow given the continued attacks against civil society and human rights defenders. States have only issued statements of condemnations, and the EU instead of pressing Israeli to revoke the criminalization of civil society, it rewarded Israel for its human rights violations by relaunching the EU-Israel Association Council. A step that we see as a sign of serious double standards by Europe in advancing relations with a state that continues to violate human rights against the Palestinian people. 

On the one-year ‘anniversary’, we are painting the picture of a world without the civil society - a dystopian outcome of the designations that is a real possibility, if serious political pressure and actions are not taken against Israeli apartheid and its practices. 

We are launching social media days of action in October and November and would like you to join us in supporting existing civil society led campaigns to help us continue our work to hold Israel accountable:

• Share the EU Citizens Initiative, demanding the EU to stop its trade with illegal settlements on stolen land [for EU citizens only]. 
• Share the petition and support the campaign calling for the release of Ahmad Manasra.
• Support the ongoing campaign against the harassment of lawyer and human rights defender Salah Hammouri.
• Friends in the U.S: Tell Congress to end military funding to Israel and sanction Israeli apartheid today. USCPR Action   
• Tell your elected officials to sign onto H.Res 751 and urge the US to reject Israel’s criminalization of DCIP. https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/reject_israeli_criminalization_of_palestinian_ngos
• #StandWithThe6 and defend civil society and human rights defenders in Palestine by amplifying their work.