On Wednesday May 25, 2016 a hearing will take place in the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee regarding the bill and the requirement to disclose donations from a foreign political entity. The bill in question was promoted by the government under the guise of promoting transparency; however the true purpose of the bill is to mark out certain organizations as illegitimate and to impose disproportionate restrictions upon them, that would harm their activities.<\/p>\n
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Please click here to read a letter signed by\u00a031 non profit organisations<\/a> that was sent to Members of Knesset in advance of the hearing.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more information please see:<\/strong><\/p>\n Please click Anti-NGO Bills Overview – Updated June 2016<\/a>\u00a0to read a\u00a0background report<\/strong>\u00a0on Anti-NGO legislation in the Israeli Knesset (updated June\u00a02016).<\/p>\n Please click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to read\u00a0ACRI\u2019s\u00a0position paper<\/strong>\u00a0written by Attorney Debbie Gild-Hayo, Director of Policy Advocacy at ACRI (updated February 2016).<\/p>\n A New Transparency Law?<\/a><\/p>\n Marking out Human Rights Organizations\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n ACRI\u2019s response to the draft NGO Funding Bill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Wednesday May 25, 2016 a hearing will take place in the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee regarding the bill … Read more