The Knesset on Monday gave final approval to a controversial
bill that requires nonprofit organizations to report which
foreign entities contribute to them, whether governmental or
government supported. Nonprofit groups will also have to state
whether their donors require them to adopt specified policies.
The bill also requires nonprofit organizations to say which
foreign governments and foundations contributed to their
advertising campaigns - on the campaign ads themselves.  The
bill, sponsored by coalition whip Zeev Elkin, was submitted
before Yisrael Beiteinu and Likud moved to establish Knesset
panels to probe human-rights groups.  The bill approved by the
Knesset on second and third readings is more moderate than the
version drafted by its sponsors and MK Isaac Herzog (Labor),
when he was social affairs minister. Herzog had obtained the
consent of various organizations, including the New Israel Fund,
to a draft requiring them to disclose their contributors and any
agreements made in exchange for the con