Watered down NGO bill to be presented to Knesset

The Knesset Law Committee has prepared a new bill to regulate the receipt of foreign government funding by NGO's in Israel. The bill is meant to replace a previous bill that passed a first reading in the Knesset, but which was deemed to be too draconian. According to the current proposal, “the aim of the bill is to increase the transparency and correct flaws in the existing legislation regarding