The Israeli parliament, known as the Knesset, voted this week to set up a committee to investigate the funding of local human rights groups that right-wingers here say are acting against Israel’s interests —a move opponents compare to the McCarthyism of the United States in the 1950s.
The committee, which was an initiative of legislators from several parties in the governing coalition, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, will have limited powers. But human rights groups argue it will create an atmosphere of hatred against the groups and their workers.
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