NGO ‘transparency bill’ passes first reading

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Published: 13 February 2016

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Knesset approves 'NGO Transparency Bill' in first reading – Haaretz 09.02.16 Provision requiring NGO representatives to wear identifying tags removed at PM Netanyahu's request. But despite request by PM to expand legislation to include all NGOs that receive foreign donations, version passed on 8 February applies solely to non-profits that receive more than half their funding from foreign governments. See report and video here And see: The Knesset NGO transparency bill is not what its right-wing backers say it is! - Rabbi John Rosove - Jewish Journal 01.02.16 It has nothing to do with what its backers claim because Israel already has many regulations in place for NGOs that receive money from foreign governments, and their budgets are published and sources of income are known… The real purpose of the bill is to sow suspicion about Israeli human rights NGOs, to insult their integrity, to challenge their pro-Israel credentials, and to prime the Israeli public to accept further limitations on what NGOs can do and not do down the road. More revelations re funding of settlements, right-wing groups funding December 12, 2015