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July 14, 2016

Why Israel Is Right to Demand Greater Transparency from NGOs

Secrecy, American meddling, and Israel’s democracy.

After much debate and parliamentary wrangling, the Knesset passed a law on Monday obligating non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive more than half of their funding from foreign governments to disclose the fact publicly. Foreign and domestic critics have vigorously denounced the law as anti-democratic and evidence of creeping “fascism” in the Jewish state. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the U.S. Congress released a bipartisan report stating that an Israeli NGO funded by the State Department used its resources to aid the effort to unseat Netanyahu in Israel’s 2015 elections. Elliott Abrams comments:

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July 14, 2016

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    Secrecy, American meddling, and Israel’s democracy.

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