National service

MK Amir Ohana (Likud) submitted on Monday morning a law cancelling the National Service positions in NGOs whose main funding is provided by foreign governments. Most of these organizations are leftist. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed support for Ohana’s law. The new law would put an end to the trend of anti-Israel organizations receiving National Service volunteers who are paid by the government. As well, it attempts to ensure no National Service positions are given to organizations, which will threaten Israel in the international and political battles by using their foreign funded money to promote foreign governments’ interests at Israel’s expense.