MK Miri Regev, initiates a new law, that an organization that denies the Jewish character of the state, cannot register with the Registrar of Associations.
According to existing NGO Law, registrar can prevent the registration of an association if it negates the democratic character of the State of Israel, but no mention for maintaining the Jewish character.
According to the amendment, offered by MK Miri Regev, to kick in a little more than a week a vote in the Committee of Ministers, an association which one of the goals seeks to deny the Jewish character of the state will not be able to register as an association.
Under the bill, an NGO that supports the state of all its citizens, Israel will not be able to register a legal association. The same body that supports the cancellation of the state and its replacement by a non-Jewish government, such as the 'Neturei Karta', cannot legally be a non-profit organization.
Two weeks ago the Committee of Ministers approved the NGO Law which states to impose a tax on donations received by foreign political entity associations, whether incoming association's goals to the goals set by the bill. Progress was delayed due to an appeal of ratification law.
