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Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked

The final version of the law omits the requirement that representatives of NGOs with more than 50% foreign funding be obligated to wear a tag identifying them as such, mostly because of the associative comparison with the yellow tag Jews were forced to wear under Nazi occupation. They will also not be obligated to announce this fact in committee hearings, only check it off when they sign up to speak. However, during a hearing, should a participating MK require this information of them they must disclose it or risk not being allowed to testify.

The law, which goes into effect January 2017, imposes a fine not greater than $7,500 on violators, but will not be applied retroactively. It gives the left about six months to come up with new, creative ways of getting their funding from abroad in an indirect way.

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