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High Court said to nix PM’s plan for Knesset probe into foreign funding of NGOs
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe High Court of Justice is reportedly putting the brakes on Netanyahu’s plan to establish a parliamentary committee tasked with investigating the funding Israeli NGOs receive from foreign governments.
According to a senior coalition member, Eyal Yinon, the Knesset’s legal adviser, has warned the government in a letter that it does not have the authority to establish such a committee.
Yesterday, Netanyahu told a gathering of Christian journalists at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem that the committee would probe “organizations that operate against” Israeli soldiers.
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