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Israel Official Terms Amnesty International’s Conduct Verging on Blackmail

April 8, 1970
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Amnesty International’s conduct has verged on blackmail and Israel no longer has faith in it, Police Minister Shlomo Hillel told the Knesset last night. He emphasized that the private organization devoted to aiding political prisoners had threatened several times to publish its report critical of Israeli detention methods if Israel continued to reject its demand for an international inquiry. Israel had tried to explain, Mr. Hillel said, that it could not submit to a move reflecting lack of trust in its judicial and democratic processes.

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