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The bill was promoted by Israel’s rightwing justice minister, Ayelet Shaked. Photograph: Gali Tibbon/AP Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem Tuesday 12 July 2016 04.12 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 12 July 2016 17.00 EDT Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ This article is 3 months old Shares 230 Save for later Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a law that will force human rights groups that receive more than half their funding from abroad – including from European governments – to disclose it prominently in official reports.
Critics say the legislation will target about two dozen leftwing groups that campaign for Palestinian rights while excluding rightwing pro-settlement NGOs, who will not be required to reveal their often opaque sources of foreign funding.
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