Researcher Adi Arbel of the Institute for Zionist Strategy said Thursday that it was time for Israel to legislate laws to fight the phenomenon of influential anti-Zionist organizations in Israel such as Peace Now, Adallah, Yesh Din and B'Tselem being funded by European Union member states as a way of influencing Israeli policies. Arbel told Arutz Sheva he was convinced that if this legislation passes, those countries would cease transferring funds to local anti-Zionist groups.
Arbel said, “In the United States there is a law called the 'Foreign Agent Registration Act'.” He explained, “Organizations that receive funds from foreign governments have to work in complete transparency and publish proper disclosure regarding every position paper or research that they publish, and say who funded it. The purpose is very clear – to have laws here in Israel, too, that will make it mandatory to have the same transparency as in the US and that will show everyone where the money to these groups comes from.”