MKs Shaked and Ilatov will try to get majority for bill that is based on US Foreign Agent Registration Law.
Nationalist MKs Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) and Robert Ilatov (Likud-Beytenu) are about to present a new bill that is based on the US’s Foreign Agent Registration Law, in an effort to make it more difficult for hostile NGOs to operate inside Israel.
According to Maariv-NRG, the bill would mandate greater transparency on the part of NGOs that are funded by foreign governments, and cancel the tax-free status they enjoy.
Two previous bills meant to make it harder for hostile leftist NGOs to operate in Israel were blocked by the same NGOs and their supporters.
The bill would create a mechanism that defines as a foreign agent a body that receives funding from a foreign state, following a commitment to advance that state’s interests, or the interests of people who are not Israeli citizens.
Such a body would have to report the identity of the state to which it gave its commitments, the details of the assistance it received, a full description of its commitments to the foreign entity and a full description of the activity it intends to carry out.
The body would have to note in all of its documents, and on its internet website, that it is defined as foreign agent.
In addition, the tax-free status of foreign contributions to the body would be canceled. The foreign funds it receives will be taxed, thus removing an important incentive to such groups’ activities.
“These organizations, which operate with a lack of transparency as regards the goals of their activity, and under a guise of organizations that operate for the Israeli interest, are eligible for tax-free status nowadays, although the Israeli public does not benefit from their activities and the goal of the groups is to benefit foreign interests,” the bill’s explanatory notes say.
One of the two earlier bills that sought to limit the operations of radical leftist NGOs would have taxed donations they received from foreign state entities, while the other sought to block registration of the NGOs if they negated the Jewish character of the state of Israel. Both failed to pass.
The new version of the bill may be more in line with therecommendations made by NGO Monitor in the wake of the previous bills.
Instead of taxing foreign contributions, Israel should focus on exposing them, NGO Monitor suggested. The group called for “full enforcement” of a 2011 law requiring NGOs to reveal funding they received from foreign governments. The 2011 law was passed because “Both the secrecy of funding procedures and the external manipulation of civil society were understood to violate the accepted norms and practices among sovereign democratic nations,” the group stated.
NGO Monitor has previously argued that groups which receive most of their funding from foreign governments do not actually qualify as NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations).
A 2010 report by NGO Monitor revealed that many of the best-known left-wing NGOs in Israel receive more than half of their total donations from foreign governments. Among the NGOs in question were the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the Alternative Information Center (AIC), Breaking the Silence, B’Tselem, Ir Amim and Yesh Din.
Several of the groups that were found to have received more than half of their funding from foreign governments in 2009-2010 were involved in providing anti-Israel testimony to the Goldstone Committee, which went on to condemn Israel based in large part on the groups’ claims.
Karin Elharar (Yesh Atid) reacted to news of the newest bill by saying that it was an attempt by the extreme right to harm public discourse in Israel. “Civil society is the watchdog of the public sector,” she declared, “and any harm done to organizations that operate for civil rights and citizens’ rights, harms the values that the state was based upon.”
“Civil society” is a phrase often used by leftists groups to denote the part of the public that supports them.
This bill hopefully passes or something very close to it. Europeans funding the people who would make Israel so weak it could actually fall apart needs to be stopped.
@ yamit82:
The Parretto principle on steroids!!!
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yamit82 Said:
I think he was nervous and new to the scene although rehearsed, his platform is more palatable then
here is something later and more relaxed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvXfnulloZM
Why would BB known then as “Ben Nitay” Just out of MIT and essentially a nobody be picked for this national televised debate?? Somebody was grooming him and it wasn’t from the Israeli side. He was a total unknown a nobody who grew up and was educated in the United States. His famous brother was best friends with Ehud Barak and also close to BB as they served together in our most elite commando unit.
These relationships transcend any political differences. Most of them have ambitions and like Sharon who was old labor party supporter can easily move from one political stream to another if they believe it will advance their political ambitions. They are neither right wing or left wing but ambitious megalomaniacs who seek wealth power and all the perks of both… I never bought the public spin created to present a public image it’s all a fiction…Since they are all corrupt those who hold the files of their corruption hold the real power… the Shin Bet is one, the Justice ministry another foreign governments another…
Here is BB at 28 yrs of age. His appearance makes no sense.
Close the sound and just watch his eyes????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2sstzXukRQ
@ bernard ross:
@ Ted Belman:
There is a political elite who work together even though publicly they appear to be on opposite sides of our political divide. Hence we have seen In Israel since Shamir, both right and left within the governing coalitions even when there was no political need for it. Where BB can have his #2 a Barak and later a Livni etc. Most of them have known each other intimately since childhood and even out of the spotlight of the media, socialize and converse.
It’s a closed club to outsiders. They will never let an outsider near the centers of power in Israel. This mirrors our economic concentrations of power (14 families control most of the wealth )and all that reflects in our political decision making.
There are other nefarious forces at play as well. Foreign influences both economic and personal. Take Peres
“In 1979, Yitzhak Rabin published his autobiography, within was a one-line offbeat quote. He said that unlike all Jewish children growing up in Poland, Shimon Peres spent his early education at a Jesuit school.”
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Fact Peres Never won an election on his own but was PM due to being #2 in the Labor party who assumed the role after Rabin was removed from office.
Who does BB answer to? Who pulls his strings? Some believe it’s the CFR, Kissinger? Certainly some power brokers in America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ_t5JhzBTo
bernard ross Said:
I agree.
Ted Belman Said:
the more revealing behavior is that he commissioned the report only apparently to shelve it, i wonder why? this appears dishonest to me. What am I willing to beleive that comes from a previously dishonest person?
Regardless of what deals are preferred Israel needs a leader willing to speak for the legitimacy of Isral and the Jewish claim to all of Israel. This should always be thrown in the euroface when they speak of illegal and illegitimate. Eurolies should be treated as diplomatic insults and they should be told that there can be no forward movement as long as they keep repeating their lies and libels.
Until all pal incitement and anti semitism is removed from pal areas there should be no negotiations. It should be stated that Israel prefers to kill anti semites rather than make peace with them and that in order for them to avoid death they must PROVE they are not anti semitic. Incitement to genocide of Jews should bring mandatory targeted assassination. This should be made clear also to the euro anti semites.
we should not apologize that our goal, and desire, is for the death of all anti semites; It is unabashedly my goal.
this will help them to remember “never forget”!
@ bernard ross:
Ted mentions that Netanyahu will do all he can to get a “deal”. AKA Nobel. True, Anything. Livni replaces Barak as a front for him. Otherwise. Clearly he is being handled, by whom and what they have on him, I do not know. Or care to know.
Contrary to Sharon, Peres and others, Netanyahu is a light weight and I doubt he can deliver the goods to his handlers. Not a good condition to be in I say…
Ted Belman Said:
why does he want to make a deal and in whose interests?
If he wants to make a deal it is only for the major settlement blocks not all of C. How do you explain that he never mentions Israels legitimate claims to YS both legally and morally. This was very clear in the recent goldberg interview. He appears to seek to keep this perspective out of the public eye. Therefore, if he wants to make a deal while believing Israel has legitimate claims, while at the same time obstructing those claims, the question is why would he want to deceive the public and circumvent Israels claims. I would state that at this moment the greatest libeler is the state of Israel and its leader BB on the basis of trying to keep Israels legitimate claims off the agenda. he wants a deal at the expense of Israels legitimate claims and the only way to get Israels approval is to deceive the public through non disclosure, obfuscation and lack of action. If not he would state Israels legitimate claims loudly saying the land belongs to us but we are willing to give some up for peace. he allows all the libelers to disccredit Israels legitimate claims and gives credibility to their libels with his acquiescence and lack of dispute. He has rendered the narrative as a bazaar(and bizarre) haggling damaging the integrity of all jews.
Bill Narvey Said:
some say he is a right wing mole, a stooge of the CFR, etc. I do not know but the questions begs as to what he accomplished and whether it reflected the right. The appointment of Livni to Justice, is very suspicious. Perhaps he considers himself a centrist?
I have read that Livni’s appointment was a demand of foreign interests. have you ever wondered as to the extent of corruption of Israel leaders, why so many? Sharon should be a wake up call, a :right winger” who delivered left wing achievements. Olmert who sought to give everything away demanded by the foreigners. The foreign intelligence services likely have everything on these guys.
I think the answer is that Bibi wants to make a deal if he can. To do so he must weaken the right and strengthen the left. It is for this reason he shelved the Levy Report. and protects the subversive NGO’s to some extent. Livni is not a fig leaf. Livni helps keep the Left in Europe and the US at bay. Livni can always be blamed if something goes wrong though she is acting on Netanyahu’s instructions. I think that Bibi also supported the appointment of the Attorney General. Bottom line is that Bibi would love to make a deal if he could.
Bill Narvey Said:
which actions did you find positive(exclude announcements that don’t materialize)?
every announcement that did not materialize is actually evidence of objectionable and negative behavior. A list of pros and cons of action, not announcements or speeches, would be interesting.
Bill Narvey Said:
first it is important to see what a person does; why is a more difficult question that often goes unanswered or mis answered. In my view the answer to why for sharon is that he was being extorted with blackmail that would have made him and his family a pariah. whether my why is right or wrong we can see what he did and what he did means a lot more than talk. The same is true of BB, we do not know what lies behind his action but we can rest assured of the facts of his behavior. the behavior is what should be relied upon to point to the “why’s” rather than talk and speeches. this is how we see what is really going on rather than what we are meant to believe.
On the other hand, one can always rely on the reasons given by politicians for their actions.
@ Bill Narvey:
BB recently opffered the argument that he built very little in settlements as a counter to the settlements torpedoing the talks. and yet there have been so many announcements seemingly tied in with elections or prisoner releases, or other concessions.
What happened to the loudly touted E1?
Bill Narvey Said:
an excellent question which begs also this question:Why would he appoint Livni to the Justice Ministry?
Everything Livni does he may act as if he had nothing to do with it. Livni is his fig leaf that enables him to retain his electorate while ignoring their mandate. The will blame Livni and defend him.
Why do you think he appointed Livni to Justice?
Answering that question would probably answer your question too.
Shmuel, not to be argumentative, but you have only addressed stances Netanyahu previously took, but did not at all offer an answer to my question, “why?”.
Perhaps you don’t know and you can only speak to Netanyahu’s actions that you find objectionable. That’s OK. Maybe someone else can answer my question, “why?”
@ Bill Narvey:
Your question is self answered. The two previous and very similar bills were blocked by Netanyahu, so he cannot afford to let this one go through.
Overall, why? Netanyahu is consistently blocking bills or lying about a multitude of subjects including but not limited to NGO’s. He blocked the Judge Levi Report. He lied about construction many times. Temple Mount access to Jews. King David’s Mausoleum…
Either he or one of his jobbers will block.
It is unclear how this bill re: foreign NGO’s differs in objective from the 1st two such bills which the report states was blocked: “Two previous bills meant to make it harder for hostile leftist NGOs to operate in Israel were blocked by the same NGOs and their supporters.” It is unclear how these NGO’s that were the targets of these 2 bills managed to sway the Knesset.
NGO Monitor recommends exposing these foreign anti-Israel NGO’s operating in Israel for what they really are, is more important than taxing them.
Au contraire! No reason both objectives can’t be pursued.
If Shmuel is right that Netanyahu has an interest in deep sixing this bill, it begs the obvious question, why would he want that?
So Shmuel why not take a shot at answering my question, “why?”
Not a chance. Netanyahu will send Livni or same other other renegade unJew to block it. Paid traitors, foreign agents in many cases and do not want their resources cut.