Report: Left-wing orgs flouting law
Sixty-one percent of extreme-Left organizations violate Transparency Law and do not report contributions from foreign governments.
Sixty-one percent of extreme-Left organizations violate Transparency Law and do not report contributions from foreign governments.
US State Department spokesman John Kirby: US is worried transparency law will harm freedom of expression in Israel
European Union says that law which will require NGOs to reveal sources of foreign funding “risks undermining” Israel's values.
Yisrael Beytenu MK Robert Ilatov hopeful new 'transparency law' will prevent interference by foreign countries in Israeli affairs.
Knesset approves law requiring NGOs to reveal sources of funding by a majority of 57 to 48.
Bill designed to ensure transparency of foreign funding for local NGOs passes committee vote. Shaked: "We won't permit blatant meddling".
Zionist Union MK compares Israel to terrorists as bereaved mother calls on Knesset to monitor foreign funds to groups inside Israel.
Amendment to NGO bill significantly expands disclosure requirements for organizations funded by foreign government.
Following 'Transparency Bill' reading, Monitor suggests government should mediate foreign government funding, not legislate it.
Letter signed by 50 MEPs calls on MKs to 'uphold Israel democracy' - most signatories revealed as BDS supporters.
Knesset passes bill criticized by the left that would require NGOs to disclose their sources of funding.
Netanyahu questions criticism from those who 'usually support transparency'; Shaked blasts charge law is 'undemocratic' as 'irresponsible.'
New Israel Fund President Talia Sasson hints an MK is 'taking money', then takes it back; says philanthropists are dangerous.
Netanyahu defends NGO Transparency Law in meeting with foreign journalists.
US-based group argues Justice Minister's law would by 'tarring' NGOs 'threaten to erode Israel's very democratic character.'
Shaked asserts 'no cause' for US concerns over her NGO Transparency Law, as Israel is a 'strong democracy.'
In meeting with Justice Minister, US envoy expresses 'government's concerns' over bill requiring NGOs to declare foreign funding.
NGO Monitor watchdog reveals that an EU-financed fund provided leftist group with grant to fight "anti-democratic laws".
State Dept. spokesman says Israeli Transparency Law and US Foreign Agents Registration Act 'two different things' - but can't explain how.
In anger over 'Transparency Bill,' Jerusalem lecturers take to Facebook to vent anger at Justice Minister.
EU states have used radical NGOs to subvert Israeli gov't policy since the 1990s, driven by ignorance, naivete and a dose of anti-Semitism.
Shaked hails progress of NGO bill, hits back at EU opposition by noting decision to label 'settlement goods'; 'When Europe does it it's OK.'
'I explained to him that his statements are out of place and that he must stop them,' says Justice Minister
Justice Minister shuts down Yitzhak Herzog after he accuses her of discriminating against leftist NGOs.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked's proposed amendment to make abundantly clear who stirs the pot of Israeli politics, in her words.