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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

They're not just giving their money...

A network of associated nonprofits – most of which count co-founder Jonathan Ben-Dor as an officer – allow tax deductions on donations to Israeli nonprofits for residents of the US, Canada, the EU, the UK and Australia. It also runs a donor-advised fund, a kind of nonprofit entity which have been widely criticized for, among other things, concealing flows of “dark money” to rightwing causes.

It's tax deductible so no loss of money to them, everyone else just gets proportionally less out of their tax dollars because American politicians won't hold Israel to the same standard

Legal experts say that some of these campaigns may be illegal under US tax law, but that this is rarely enforced on donors to Israeli causes.

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 23 points 11 months ago

Tax deductible doesn’t mean it costs you nothing.

[-] ripcord@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

They just write it off, Jerry

[-] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

That's not what tax deductible means

[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

It’s ok, you can just say you don’t know what tax deductible actually means

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 24 points 11 months ago

This is why BDS is necessary.

[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

🎵Just who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Gitler...🎵

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The revelations come amid an escalating humanitarian crisis caused by IDF attacks killing civilians in Gaza, and mounting campaigns in the US to enforce laws that should prevent US non-profits from funding illegal settlements.

On 13 October, Israeli human rights organization B’Teselem circulated a video of a settler from the community shooting a Palestinian man at point-blank range with an AR-style rile in the neighboring village of Tawani as an IDF soldier looked on.

The Guardian contacted IsraelGives to ask if it was concerned about exposing international donors to legal liability, citing the Ma’on fundraiser as a specific example of, and founder and CEO Jonathan Ben-Dor responded in an email.

Ben-dor said that the site supported “human and civil rights organizations, humanitarian aid projects, and movements for the promotion of democracy, alongside religious and educational activities – some leftwing, some rightwing (some Jewish, some Arab)”.

Ben-dor wrote that the Ma’on campaign was “created automatically on our platform through a war-time program designed to provide emergency assistance to communities and families directly affected by the October 7th attacks”.

However, she pointed to initiatives including the so-called “Not on Our Dime” bill, supported by CCR and other organizations, currently before New York’s state house, which “clarifies that funding Israeli settlement activity… is illegal”, according to a campaign website.


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