Ned Price, at the US State Department, is insisting that Israel did not send advance warning before designating six NGOs as terrorist affiliates for their links to the PFLP. Meantime, the Israeli Foreign Ministry insists it did indeed warn the US State Department in advance of the designations. The six NGOs are Addameer, Al Haq, Bisan Center, Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCI-P), Union Of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC).

Criticism erupted from the State Department on Friday in response to the terror designations, the harshest admonition to Israel from the Biden administration since the new Israeli government took control. “We believe respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and a strong civil society are critically important for responsible and responsive governance,” said Price.