[1] PNGO was formed in September 1993, and as of January 2020, had 135 member NGOs operating in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.

[2][3] PNGO operates through committees of members working in five sectors: health, democracy and human rights, women and children, rehabilitation and agriculture.

[4][3] Media reports stated that the PNGO's position was that Palestinian terrorist organizations are in fact "political parties.

[11] On 18 August 2022, Israeli forces raided the headquarters of the six along with the Union of Health Work Committees (outlawed in 2020) in Ramallah and al-Bireh, removed computers and equipment and ordered their closure.

Michael Sfard, lawyer for Al-Haq, said "Let's recall that this is all happening after the government failed to convince the European countries who one by one determined that there is no basis for the accusations against the organizations.