Knesset committee to investigate funding and activities of anti-Israel leftist groups

The Knesset voted 47-16 to establish a legislative commission of inquiry that will look into the funding and activities of Israeli leftist groups that seek to delegitimize the state. The initiative, brought forth by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu faction, called primarily to investigate the sources of funding for these groups. The panel will essentially be charged with