Occupied al-Quds- Saba:
The so-called General Assembly of the Zionist Knesset approved Wednesday in a preliminary reading by a majority of 47 members and 19 opposition, a bill stipulating that the Supreme Court is not obligated to consider petitions submitted by human rights organizations that receive donations from foreign countries.
This bill comes in an attempt to prevent human rights organizations from documenting and exposing war crimes committed by the Zionist enemy.
According to the bill, the Zionist courts will not be obligated to consider requests submitted by human rights associations or bodies that are fully or partially funded by foreign countries.
The bill stipulates that donations received by human rights associations and organizations from foreign countries will be subject to an income tax of 80%, unless the Minister of Finance decides otherwise, and with the approval of the Finance Committee in the Knesset.
The bill also stipulates that it does not apply to public institutions funded by the state budget.
MK Ariel Kleiner of the Likud party, who introduced the bill, claimed that “these organizations are not human rights organizations, but rather organizations that delegitimize” Israel’s policies against the Palestinians, and that they “turn the Zionist courts into an arena for foreign countries. This is a funded judicial coup against Israel.”
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