ALBAWABA - Praise must go to the Carter Center for refusing to cave in to the pressure imposed by Israel in designating six Palestinian NGOs as "terrorist organizations".
According to social media news, the Carter Center, established by the US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter, the Center stressed it would continue to support the six Palestinian civil society organizations regardless of what the Israelis government views them to be.
Admirable and absolutely right not to give in to the Israeli lobby. May others who see straight through Israel’s ‘way’ emulate this.
— Jocelyn Hurndall (@jocelynhurndall) April 9, 2022
The Israeli designation is farcical because of the work of the NGOs. They are as stated by New Arab: The Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP), prisoners' rights group Addameer, legal group Al-Haq, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and the Union of Agricultural Work Committees.
Words of thanks and admiration have flooded the social media for the stand of the Carter Center on humane support and against the pressures of the Zionist lobby.
Another termed it as an act of courage despite its seeming as a back-handed compliment:
An act of courage.
And another on the many things 'wrong' with former President Carter.— Kevin Quinn#NHSblueheart (@Flavia0847) April 9, 2022
And yet another who is a Jew himself said and openly in a sort of brisk address that:
My fellow Jews are stuck in 6 BCE! We aren’t special. We can’t lay claim over anyone. We need to leave Palestinians live!
— Ivan (@EvolvingNIK) April 9, 2022
But there were other pernicious stands no doubt by pro-Israelis that included:
Carter long ago came out as a Jew hater, so no surprise here
— andy k (@andy_katlin) April 9, 2022
And as usual on the Palestinian-Israeli issue there are different "believable", surprisingly, not by Palestinians but Israelis. But we won't go into those right now. The good thing however is the six Palestinian NGOs will continue to receive support and funding.
"These organisations are internationally respected because of the vital programmes they carry out to protect Palestinian society, and the use of their voices to draw attention to human rights violations," Carter Centre CEO Paige Alexander said at a Ramallah press conference.
