News from Peace Now's (Israel) Settlement Watch:
94% of the donations of 9 well-known right-wing NGOs are nontransparent
In light of the NGO bill, a Peace Now study examining the
funding sources and transparency of 9 right-wing pro-settler NGOs finds that 94% of the donations to these
organizations in the years 2006-2013 were nontransparent, meaning that there is no possibility to identify their
original donor. The study also finds that the majority of the funding to the organizations examined originated from
private individuals abroad, arriving mainly through U.S. organizations with a tax-deductible donations status. Many
other millions of shekels originated from Israeli taxpayers' money through government ministries and an local
municipalities.
Peace Now: The NGO bill, also known as the "transparency bill" has nothing to do with transparency and
everything to do with the delegitimation of organizations criticizing the government's policies. If the Minister of
Justice is truly interested in transparency, she must first and foremost promote legislation requiring right-wing
organizations to expose the millions they receive from private donors abroad and from the state budget.