Knesset NGO Bill Taxing Foreign Donations Alarms Holocaust Survivor Aid

Knesset NGO bill taxing foreign donations alarms Holocaust survivor aid

The bill, initiated by Likud MK Ariel Kallner, would impose an 80% tax on donations received from foreign political entities.

Diaspora philanthropists protest ‘dangerous’ bill to tax Israeli NGOs - The Jewish Chronicle

The JLC chair is among those opposing a proposed law that would impose an 80 per cent levy on grants from foreign governments to Israel civil organisations

'Dangerous, undemocratic': Top Jewish donors slam Israeli bill targeting human rights NGOs

In a letter to Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, more than 60 prominent Jewish philanthropists from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia and South Africa attack what they term a 'reckless' amendment, set for a Knesset hearing this week, which would impose an 80 percent tax on foreign state funding of Israeli NGOs

The NGOs fear that if the law that would impose an 80% tax on donations from foreign political entities passes the Knesset, their ability to stand by Holocaust survivors will be affected. The initiator of the law, MK Ariel Kellner of the Likud party, responded to the claims and said: "They will be exempt from the law."

Dozens of Jewish donors sign letter denouncing ‘dangerous, undemocratic’ Israeli bill targeting foreign-funded nonprofits

Dozens of prominent Jewish philanthropists from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Israel sent a letter to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar decrying a proposed bill that would impose an 80% tax on foreign governments’ donations to Israeli nonprofits, ahead of a Knesset committee hearing on the legislation later this week. The so-called NGO bill — proposed by Likud MK Ariel Kallner — would also limit the ability of foreign-fund…