FILE – In this June 2, 2021 file photo, Palestinians attend a rally organized by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in Gaza City. Israel on Friday, Oct. 22, declared six prominent Palestinian human rights groups to be terrorist organizations, saying they were secretly linked to a left-wing militant movement. It was not immediately clear what the distinction would mean for the groups, most of which also protest rights violations by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

On Friday, it emerged that Israel has effectively outlawed six prominent Palestinian human rights groups by proclaiming them to be terrorist organizations. It is one of the significant steps in escalating its decades-long crackdown on political activism in the usurped areas.

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