If it was about transparency I would have nothing against the NGO law, but it seems to be politically motivated only. Why only disclose state funding and not private funding? Why shouldn't Im Tirtzu, NGO-Monitor, Regavim, Hebron Fund and Lehava have to disclose their foreign donors just because they're not funded by foreign states? If these "NGOs" are funded by deranged American billionaires, I would like to know.
The Foreign Agents Registration Act in the US is in no way similar to the proposed Israeli NGO Law. Most of the organizations that would be subject to the proposed NGO law wouldn't be so if there was an Israeli version of the Foreign Agents Registration Act instead. It's all about whether those NGO are agents representing the interests of foreign powers or not, not about the funding itself. If you can find any similarities between the Israeli NGO Law and the Foreign Agents Registration Act, pray tell...
Wikipedia: Foreign Agents Registration Act
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Scope of the Act
to register with the Department of Justice when acting in any capacity, even if only indirectly controlled, on behalf of a foreign principal. It also requires periodic disclosure of all activities and finances. The Act covers political activities, public relations counsel, publicity agents, information-service employees, political consultants, fundraisers or those who represent the foreign power before any agency or official of the United States government. It does not include news or press services not owned by the foreign principal.
Examples of organizations lobbying on behalf of foreign governments are DLA Piper, Dickens & Madson Canada, Invest Northern Ireland, Japan National Tourism Organization and Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions, Ketchum Inc..
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act
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