Donations to Canadian charities reportedly funding the Israeli military and the West Bank conflict – NaturalNews.com

• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) launched a probe in early 2024 into alleged war crimes connected to the conflict in Gaza, though the investigation was only recently made public.
• Canadian tax dollars are indirectly supporting West Bank settlements. Despite the government sanctioning individuals for “extremist settler violence,” an investigation found that Canadians are getting tax breaks for donations to charities that send money to organizations supporting and expanding these same settlements.
• Critics argue this flow of money undermines Canada’s official foreign policy, which condemns the violence and its negative impact on human rights and peace prospects.
• Specific charities are named as conduits for these funds. The investigation highlights charities like the Mizrachi Organization of Canada and the Canadian Zionist Cultural Association, which have sent tens of millions of dollars to groups in Israel, including some with ties to the Israeli military, despite rules against such activities.
• The human cost is real for Palestinians. Some have been injured in settler attacks, illustrating the violence that Canadian-funded settlements are linked to. For them, the future is bleak, caught between settler violence and the threat of their homes being demolished.

A quiet investigation by Canada’s federal police into potential war crimes coincides with a growing controversy over how Canadian charitable donations are being used in the West Bank, raising questions about the enforcement of the country’s own tax laws and foreign policy.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been discreetly examining allegations of war crimes connected to the conflict in Gaza. This probe, initiated in early 2024, was revealed amid heightened scrutiny of Canada’s role in the region, not through direct action, but through its regulated charitable sector.

According to BrightU.AI‘s Enoch AI engine, the investigation has revealed how the Canadian government is indirectly supporting West Bank settlements by providing tax breaks for donations to specific charities. This activity contravenes Canadian rules that prohibit funding foreign military forces and creates a contradiction in Canadian policy.

While the Canadian government has taken a public stance against violence in the West Bank, sanctioning 17 individuals and seven entities for “extremist settler violence,” an investigation by CBC‘s “The Fifth Estate” has uncovered a parallel financial pipeline. Despite these sanctions, Canadian taxpayers indirectly support the settlements linked to this violence through tax-deductible donations to certain registered charities.

The human cost of this conflict is starkly visible in a hospital room in Yatta, in the occupied West Bank. Khader Nawaj’ah and his wife, Fatima, were injured after an attack by Israeli settlers from a nearby outpost. They describe being awakened by assailants hitting them with large stones and sticks while they slept outside their home in the village of Khirbet Susiya to escape the heat. The hospital in Yatta frequently treats victims of such assaults.

The Canadian government has stated that this ongoing violence “has undermined the human rights of Palestinians, prospects for a two-state solution and posed significant risks to regional security.” However, critics argue that Canada’s charitable system undermines this official position.

The charitable loophole

Canadians receive tax breaks for charitable donations because they are contributing to the public good. Under strict tax rules, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requires charities to demonstrate they have direction and control over how donations are spent, ensuring funds go to legitimate charitable causes. It is illegal for Canadian charities to transfer money to foreign entities to spend as they see fit or to send donations to a foreign military.

Despite these regulations, the investigation found that Canadian donations continue to flow to organizations that support the expansion of West Bank settlements, including groups with ties to the Israeli military.

“We are financing war criminality through our charitable system,” said Miles Howe, an academic researcher from Ontario who studies pro-Israeli charities in Canada. The scale of these donations is difficult to fully assess.

In recent years, the CRA has revoked the charitable status of several organizations that sent tens of millions of dollars to Israel over decades. Last year, the Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) lost its charitable status, partly for failing to control donations sent to Israel and for giving to entities not considered charitable causes. Past CRA audits had scrutinized the JNF for “conducting projects in the occupied territories” and “support for armed forces of another country.”

Other charities remain operational despite public complaints. The Toronto-based Mizrachi Organization of Canada has been accused of acting as a conduit, offering Canadian tax receipts for donations that ultimately support Israeli settlement activity. Research into the charity’s tax filings shows that in 2022 and 2023 alone, over $4 million was sent to dozens of groups supporting settlements in the West Bank.

From 2007 to 2022, Mizrachi Canada disclosed sending more than $50 million to Israel. According to documents, the charity only began providing the CRA with details of specific recipients in recent years.

Another charity, the Canadian Zionist Cultural Association (CZCA), sends millions of dollars annually to entities affiliated with the Israeli military, such as the Association for Israeli Soldiers and Friends of the IDF.

“Canadians by and large are not aware that their money is going over and is being used to subsidize the Israeli army. If they knew what was happening, I think most people would be outraged,” said Shane Martinez, a Toronto lawyer who volunteers with the International Center of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP). Martinez has filed complaints with the CRA and has also requested the RCMP investigate the Jewish National Fund Canada for possible war crimes related to the building of Canada Park on the remains of Palestinian villages demolished in the 1967 war.

Government response and a bleak outlook

When questioned on Parliament Hill, Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne defended Canada’s system, stating that there are “very stringent laws regarding… the tax code for example, with respect to charities.” He asserted that the CRA ensures registered charities follow all established rules.

This response offers little comfort to Palestinians in villages like Khirbet Susiya. Residents live with the dual fear of settler violence and the constant threat of their homes being demolished by Israeli authorities.

For Nawaj’ah, a relative of the attacked couple and a field researcher for the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, the future appears bleak. He points out the contradiction in Canadian policy. “On the one hand, Canada respects international legality while on the other hand, the Canadian charities are breaking the law by funding and boosting Israeli settlements,” he said.

His sentiment is echoed by an unlikely source. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned that Israel will one day be held accountable at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for its actions in the West Bank. “Because it happens in front of our eyes and no one seems to care,” he warned.

As the RCMP’s war crimes investigation proceeds quietly in the background, the ongoing flow of Canadian charitable dollars to the West Bank presents a public challenge to Canada’s stated foreign policy and its commitment to its own laws.

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Sources include:

TheCradle.co

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