In reality, though, targeting foreign government funding while ignoring private donations is tantamount to targeting the left and giving the right a pass. Left-wing NGOs in Israel focus heavily on Palestinian rights and opposition to settlement expansion. Those priorities dovetail with the policies of nearly the entire world community.
Right-wing NGOs tend to focus heavily on expanding Jewish settlement in the post-1967 areas and enhancing the Jewish identity of state institutions, often at the expense of non-Jewish minorities. Those priorities run counter to the policies of virtually every country except Israel, and are supported instead by private funding from overseas religious sources.
And indeed, the left-wing slant of the target list became clear the day after the committee meeting when the Jerusalem Post obtained a leaked copy of the Justice Ministry list and published a photocopy of the Hebrew original. Haaretz published an English translation of the list (here) a day later.
Of the 27 affected NGOs, 25 are left-leaning organizations that focus variously on broad human and civil rights, Israeli-Arab rights, Palestinian rights in the territories, African refugee and migrant rights and general peace advocacy. The other two appear to be Sephardic Orthodox educational institutions backed by French foundations whose relationship to a foreign government is unclear.
Here’s another irony: A goodly chunk of the targeted organizations’ activities involve taking the government to task for failing to enforce its own laws, whether on settlement construction in unauthorized areas, equal treatment for Israeli Arab citizens or timely processing of refugee applications. The purpose of the new law is to limit efforts by Israeli organizations that seek enforcement of Israeli law. Insisting on the rule of law smacks of leftism these days. (See: Hebron shooter Elor Azarya.)
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