(JNS) Lawrence Solomon - To fulfill their vision of how Israel should conduct its affairs, many Western countries actively interfere in Israeli politics by funding Israeli NGOs that agree with their agenda. Yet such foreign government funding weakens Israel's civil society. Civil society, by definition, excludes government actors. It is defined as a "third sector," separate from government and business, and is intended to act as a check on both. By pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into NGOs that represent a small proportion of Israeli society, foreign governments are effectively inflating the influence of foreign-funded NGOs at the expense of domestically-funded NGOs, which undermines Israel's home-grown civil society. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel confirmed that the passage of a proposed law taxing foreign government funding of NGOs could lead to the "literal collapse of dozens and perhaps hundreds of NGOs." This proves that hundreds of Israeli NGOs are doing the bidding of foreign governments.
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