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    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.