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Israel/Palestine

shira

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15. What's bad for Israel's democracy is other nations attempting to change...

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 02:45 PM

Jul 2016

...Israeli policy in defiance of the Israeli electorate. Israel's NGO's shouldn't be mostly financed by foreign governments, and rather than try to put pressure on Israel from the outside, they should be working on changing Israeli attitudes inside.

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Israel NGO bill, seen as targeting left-wing groups, becomes law [View all] Eugene Jul 2016 OP

the law doesn't cover donations by wealthy foreign individuals. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #1

That should be closed. n/t aranthus Jul 2016 #5

LOL ...... Israeli Jul 2016 #6

Call it the George Soros loophole too. That should be closed. n/t shira Jul 2016 #10

NGO bill’s hit list: 23 out of the 25 organizations are left-wing Little Tich Jul 2016 #2

this law is more similar to the Russian foreign agent law than the US Foreign Agents Registration Little Tich Jul 2016 #3

It's neither like FARA or the Russian bill... shira Jul 2016 #8

A danger to Israeli democracy Little Tich Jul 2016 #12

Ridiculous. The article I cited demonstrates how silly this is. shira Jul 2016 #13

It seems as if you're holding the minority view. Little Tich Jul 2016 #14

What's bad for Israel's democracy is other nations attempting to change... shira Jul 2016 #15

Left wing groups have unfairly targeted Israel for decades. aranthus Jul 2016 #4

As long as NGO's only incite against Jews, they're okay with Israel bashers. n/t shira Jul 2016 #9

Knesset passes NGOs law amid opposition Israeli Jul 2016 #7

U.S. Warns 'NGO Law' Could Have 'Chilling Effect' on Israel's Civil Society Israeli Jul 2016 #11