Peloni: This legislation provides a vital step towards establishing national sovereignty. Hopefully, this bill will pass easily with the Nationalist majority govt, to which I suspect Ben Gvir will give his full support. Of course, one must question why this bill was pulled from consideration some two years ago when the Nationalist majority was already in place? Interestingly, this has been timed to coincide with the hold on US foreign funding, which would include the very form of foreign influence peddling which this bill is designed to derail…
Ariel Kallner | X | Feb 16, 2025
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About two years ago, under heavy international pressure, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation withdrew my bill against foreign political subversion. I said then that the fight was not over – and today I keep it: the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved my bill, which stipulates that any donation from a foreign country will be subject to an 80% tax, and that non-profit organizations supported by foreign political entities will no longer be able to petition the Israeli legal system.
Why is this important? Why prevent foreign countries from funding non-profit organizations in Israel and why block their path to the courts?
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