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.
Tax deductible doesn’t mean it costs you nothing.
They just write it off, Jerry
I don’t think you even know what that means
No, I don’t. Do you??
I don’t need to. they are the ones writing it off.
…close enough
I really hope you’re quoting George and everyone one else is taking you serious.
He was just really really well written, and I’m not even a Seinfeld fan. There’s not many 90s sitcom lines that would still pass for a normal exchange 30 years later.
Too bad it made you sound like George Costanaza lol
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it’s Kramer. But you are more or less spot on.
Happy Christmas bud!
That’s not what tax deductible means
This is why BDS is necessary.
🎵Just who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Gitler…🎵
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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