by Yehuda Shlezinger
Meretz head Tamar Zandberg plans to sponsor a bill requiring all nonprofit organizations to make their donor lists public
Meretz Chairwoman Tamar Zandberg
Photo: Oren Ben Hakoon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent initiative to promote a bill that would compel nonprofit organizations involved in political election campaigns to make donor lists public gained traction Sunday, as left-wing party Meretz said it would promote similar legislation as well.
Coalition insiders said that the prime
minister was concerned that foreign donors, who reportedly plan to
spend millions on campaigns aimed at convincing the public to vote him
out of office, would partner with various nonprofit organizations to
conceal their meddling.
Legislation requiring nonprofit organizations to be fully transparent aims to prevent that, the sources said.
Meretz Chairwoman Tamar Zandberg said
Sunday that her party would similarly sponsor a bill requiring all
nonprofit organizations to make their donor lists public.
She said that the party seeks to fight the
anonymous funding granted to right-wing associations such as Im
Tirtzu, which participate in election campaigns without disclosing the
nature of their financial resources.
"We expect Im Tirtzu to be the first to release its donor list," Zandberg said.
The New Israel Fund, which has been consistently vilified by the prime
minister and his colleagues for intervening in political matters, said
it would gladly cooperate with such a demand.
"The time has come for all nonprofit
organizations in Israel to expose their donor lists. A reality in
which the nature of the vast majority of donations to right-wing
organizations remains a secret is scandalous and must be rectified by
law," the NIF said in a statement.
Yehuda Shlezinger
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/12/10/left-supports-pms-push-for-legislation-exposing-anonymous-donors/
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