Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has halted the introduction of a draft law to limit the work of non-profit organizations and their receipt of donations from foreign governments, after strong criticism from the United States and prominent European countries regarding this step.

According to the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, the bill will not be put to a vote today before the Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs as planned, but will be put up for discussion as a largely symbolic measure. As the paper says.

The proposed bill seeks to impose a 65 percent tax on donations received by organizations and associations from the foreign government.

The German Foreign Ministry strongly criticized the bill and considered that implementing it would harm relations with Israel, as well as the US administration and other Western countries, warning against harming civil society organizations.

The Hebrew newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, stated that the aim of this law is to target Palestinian associations and institutions, whether in the West Bank or even inside the Green Line, as well as left-wing associations and others.

She indicated that British Foreign Minister James Califrey called his Israeli counterpart, Eli Cohen, and asked him to refrain from passing the law, while the latter replied that Israel would not accept any country's interference in its internal affairs related to the conflict with the Palestinians.

Cohen's position regarding the law is that if there are donations from foreign governments to humanitarian causes such as building a hospital or buying medicine or food, they should be allowed without incurring taxes and not a single shekel should be taken. However, if money from foreign governments goes to things like Construction in Area C, incitement in textbooks or support for organizations linked to "terrorist" organizations must be completely prevented. It was also reported by Yedioth Ahronoth.