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| US sounds alarm over Likud bill targeting rights groups backed by foreign governments |
| 2023-05-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] State Department says human rights When 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 |
| #9 specially those working to defend the rights of the most marginalized in Israel and under Israel’s control: women, the LGBTQ+ community, Paleostinians living under occupation, and Arab citizens of Israel Ah, that jargon... Fuk'em. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-05-25 12:24 |
| #8 Terror-supporting NGO advises Facebook on Israel content moderation |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-25 09:13 |
| #7 financial support to progressive and anti-Israel groups Kinda redundant? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-05-25 09:04 |
| #6 Seems almost all "human rights organizations" have some very selective logs in their eyes as they search for the motes in the eyes of others. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-25 08:21 |
| #5 A New Israel Fund financed protest against the Israeli government. Jan. 7, 2023 (JNS) The U.S.-based New Israel Fund, which provides financial support to progressive and anti-Israel groups, on Monday posted to its Hebrew website a list of its donations to groups involved in the protests against judicial reform. Demonstrations, sometimes turning violent, have roiled Israel for the past three months and, at least temporarily, derailed the government’s legislative plans. The total amount spent, spread across 26 groups, comes to about 2 million shekels, or $660,000. Indeed, NIF money helped to ignite the protests, funding the first major demonstration on Jan. 7 in Tel Aviv. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-05-25 08:00 |
| #4 If they actually enforced the laws here on 'agents of foreign governments', a good number would be folding here. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-05-25 07:50 |
| #3 Tough titties, U.S. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-05-25 07:36 |
| #2 A consequence of |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2023-05-25 07:33 |
| #1 could force the closure of hundreds of organizations I'd kinda like to see some of that here. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-25 07:02 |