(Axios) Barak Ravid - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week urging him not to move forward with legislation that would limit the ability of Israeli nongovernmental organizations to raise money from foreign governments. "We didn't threaten the Israelis or anything like that, but our message was that this bill is going to get Israel into an international crisis for something that isn't worth it," a U.S. official said. The foreign ministers of Germany and the UK last week warned about the consequences of the bill on Israel's international standing and image. Netanyahu took the legislation off the table for further review.
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