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"A number of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian groups are calling on Israel to release the director of an Israeli-Arab umbrella body whose arrest is under a gag order. Nine groups signed the statement appearing on the Electronic Intifada Web site calling for the release of Ammer Makhoul, who directs Ittijah-the Union of Arab Community-Based Associations." "NGO Monitor, a watchdog of nongovernmental organizations that are highly critical of Israel, says Ittijah played a "prominent" role at the United Nations Durban conference on racism in 2001, which devolved into anti-Israel and anti-Jewish hate fest. According to NGO Monitor, Ittijah will not accept aid conditioned on non-affiliation with terrorist groups."