Initiative: Knesset to Probe Foreign Government Funding of Israeli NGO’s that Lambast the Israeli Army

to investigate cooperation between international ‘anti-Zionist’ groups and local

organizations The Yisrael Beiteinu party announced Monday that it has submitted
a request to establish a parliamentary inquiry commission into the funding of
Israeli organizations accused of working to prosecute IDF soldiers and officers
abroad.

According to a report published by the Yedioth Ahronoth daily, Yisrael Beiteinu

said a majority of Knesset members support the initiative.

Party member Fania Kirshenbaum said the committee would be tasked, among other
things, with identifying the funding sources of these organizations.

“The activity of these Israeli organizations severely harms Israel’s legitimacy
in the international community,” the MK said. “The cooperation between
international and Israeli organizations aimed at harming the IDF, its soldiers
and officers must be investigated and stopped.
“The activity of these organizations, which is funded primarily by anti-Zionist

international organizations and even by foreign countries, constitutes a
significant part of the delegitimization campaign against the State of Israel,”
she said.

Among the organizations the Knesset plans to investigate are B’Tselem, Breaking

the Silence and MachsomWatch.