Israeli bill to restrict NGOs’ foreign funding

What We’re Reading

FMEP in the News

Remember Gaza?,

Read about FMEP President Matt Duss’s recent trip to Gaza City, for the latest from Hamas, Fatah, Benjamin Netanyahu—and Marine Le Pen.

Europe and U.S. keep watchful eye on Israel's legislative plans,

Israel’s NGO bill, which would impose a heavy tax on foreign donations to non-governmental organizations operating in Israel, “is part of a broader effort to limit the political space, to squeeze out opposing views,” Matt Duss tells Reuters.

Muslim-Bashing Can Be Very Lucrative,

“A group of hawkish conservative funders clearly see a political benefit to stoking Americans’ fears and suspicions of their fellow citizens who are Muslims,” Matt Duss tells the Daily Beast.

U.S.-Israel relations

The Republican Party and Netanyahu’s new coalition: Separated at birth?,

“Israel has ultra-Orthodox, national religious and Messiah-is-coming Jews while the GOP fields Evangelicals, born-again Christians and End-Times enthusiasts,” writes Chemi Shalev.

Israeli politics

Netanyahu facing internal Likud rebellion over portfolios,

Multiple Likud MKs have reportedly told PM that they want to know which portfolio they will receive before they commit to vote to expand cabinet.

Meet Ayelet Shaked, Israel's New Justice Minister,

Ayelet Shaked has been at the forefront of the effort to weaken Israel’s high court, which she views as an activist organ that seeks to undercut the country’s elected leaders.

Occupation/Human Rights

Next head of the Israeli 'Civil Administration' of the West Bank: Palestinians are sub-human,

After the Oslo Accords, the Israeli army renamed the Military Government of the West Bank the Civil Administration. MK Eli Ben-Dahan was just appointed to oversee the Administration, which oversees the theft of Palestinian land, settlement expansion and controls the movement of millions of Palestinians.

Gaza and Hamas

Jihadist group claims mortar attack on Hamas in Gaza,

A jihadist group that recently emerged in the Gaza Strip claimed Friday a mortar attack on a base belonging to the Islamist Hamas movement in charge of the blockaded territory.