Maybe there's just no room for human rights in Israel

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1. Human rights groups face global crackdown 'not seen in a generation'

Human rights organisations and campaign groups are facing their biggest crackdown in a generation as a wave of countries pass restrictive laws and curtail activity. Almost half the world’s states have implemented controls that affect tens of thousands of organisations across the globe.

Over the past three years, more than 60 countries have passed or drafted laws that curtail the activity of non-governmental and civil society organisations. Ninety-six countries have taken steps to inhibit NGOs from operating at full capacity, in what the Carnegie Endowment calls a “viral-like spread of new laws” under which international aid groups and their local partners are vilified, harassed, closed down and sometimes expelled.

James Savage, of Amnesty International, says: “This global wave of restrictions has a rapidity and breadth to its spread we’ve not seen before, that arguably represents a seismic shift and closing down of human rights space not seen in a generation.

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/aug/26/ngos-face-restrictions-laws-human-rights-generation

Important context. Glad it was included. 972mag writers have real journalistic integrity. This is what a legitimate source looks like.

Stick with 972mag and stop posting Mondoweiss and we can move on to getting a real dialogue going here.

With regard to this piece, Israel needs to let these groups operate without government interference.