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UN expert to examine Israeli human rights groups
Associated Press
Published: 29.10.16, 17:31
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1. 'another UN special investigator?
tiki ,   belgium   (10.29.16)
This will be number???????

Maybe there should be a special investigator investigating the UN special investigators on why there are so many special investigators needed.

They could open an UN- NGO in Jerusalem for helping failed 'special UN investigators get compensation.
2. rest my case
david horn ,   Portland   (10.29.16)
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
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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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