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Israel Gives Aid Groups Final 30-Day Ultimatum
(MENAFN) Israel's High Court has dealt a major blow to international humanitarian operations in Palestinian territories, rejecting a legal challenge brought by nearly two dozen aid organizations and issuing a hard 30-day ultimatum: hand over employee data or cease all activities, the Israeli government announced Wednesday.
The petition was filed by AIDA — an umbrella body representing 19 international nongovernmental relief organizations active across the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank — and challenged government demands that the groups submit lists of their local staff members as part of NGO registration and security screening procedures.
According to the government's statement, the organizations had previously refused to comply with those disclosure requirements, triggering the legal standoff that ultimately reached the country's highest court.
The ruling reflects a broader and intensifying confrontation between Israel and the international aid community. Dozens of relief organizations have pushed back against a sweeping set of new Israeli conditions for continued operations in Gaza and the West Bank — requirements that include not only submitting staff rosters, but also identifying aid beneficiaries and refraining from publicly criticizing Israel.
A panel of the High Court, led by Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit, dismissed the petition outright and handed the organizations a final 30-day window to submit the required documentation — after which non-compliant groups would face suspension of their operations.
The decision raises urgent questions about the future of humanitarian access in one of the world's most acutely aid-dependent conflict zones.
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