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US sounds alarm over Likud bill targeting rights groups backed by foreign governments
[IsraelTimes] State Department says human rightsWhen they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... organizations ’should have space to raise resources’ worldwide; NIF bashes ’government of murderous Moslems’ as coalition weighs bill to impose 65% tax The Biden administration came out on Wednesday against a coalition bill that would significantly limit Israeli civil society groups’ ability to accept donations from foreign governments. The legislation was drafted by Likud MK Ariel Kallner and is slated to be brought before the Knesset’s high-level Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday. The bill states that any nonprofit group that engages in public advocacy two years before or after receiving a donation from a foreign government will lose its status as a public institution and will no longer be eligible for tax exemptions. In addition, those non-profits will be hit with a 65 percent income tax. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-05-25 |
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