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Ottawa Turns a Blind Eye to Questionable Pro-Palestinian Charities

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Warren Kinsella
Toronto Sun, Aug. 10, 2024

“Inash El Usra’s website shows videos of a children’s concert, uploaded to their YouTube account. In one video, a child is dressed up as a Hasidic Jew – complete with payot or side curls – and he shoots a toy machine gun at girls wearing Palestinian flags.”

Ottawa wants to take away the charity status of the 100-year-old Jewish National Fund of Canada for allegedly breaking the rules – but the Trudeau Liberals aren’t doing likewise with a host of pro-Palestinian charities, some with questionable links. Because some Canadian pro-Palestine charities have been funding – or have possible links to – Palestinian extremist or terror groups, the Sun has learned. And, in some cases, they’re doing so right out in the open.

The four charities are Canadian Palestinian Foundation, Hands For Charity, International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) and Medical Aid for Palestine. All have been accepted as legitimate charities by Ottawa. All have the ability to provide tax receipts for donations, which together add up to millions. And all have been sending large amounts to Gaza and the West Bank, for years.

The revelations are found in the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) filings made by the charities themselves. The filings show links or possible links with entities in the Middle East that have long been associated with terror. This newspaper obtained the information through searches of CRA charity databases, their T3010 filings, corporation searches and evidence found openly on social media.… [To read the full article, click here]

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