Settlements and tax exemptions http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/settlements-and-tax-exemptions/ David Ignatius wonders why U.S. policy prohibits aid to Israeli settlements, but organizations raising money for those settlements are tax-exempt en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-03-26T;23:13:00-05:00 Comment by Yisrael Medad yisrael.medad@gmail.com Ignatius is misleading and I’ve reacted/responded here: http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2009/03/ignatius-misleading.html and here: http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2009/03/ignatius-ignorant-or-misinformed.html The point is that there is nothing intrinsically illegal in the transferal of monies donated through charitable organizations to projects that are defined as worthy as such, unlike, for example, monies given to Peace Now that are exclusively engaged in political work disguised as “education” but, because they serve the political agenda of this or that Administration or US government officials, they are overlooked.  And if all agreements of ‘peace’ refer to final status issues, then until something is declared illegal (and not just presumed illegal), articles like those of Ignatius, prodded by Peace Now from who he received the information, are incitement.  That the US can award almost 1 billion dollars to Gaza, even if through the PA, when all know it will support Hamas, a terror organization, and Ignatius, et. al. doesn’t protest is stupendous.  It’s hypocrisy. Ignatius is misleading and I’ve reacted/responded here:
http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2009/03/ignatius-misleading.html
and here:
http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2009/03/ignatius-ignorant-or-misinformed.html

The point is that there is nothing intrinsically illegal in the transferal of monies donated through charitable organizations to projects that are defined as worthy as such, unlike, for example, monies given to Peace Now that are exclusively engaged in political work disguised as “education” but, because they serve the political agenda of this or that Administration or US government officials, they are overlooked.  And if all agreements of ‘peace’ refer to final status issues, then until something is declared illegal (and not just presumed illegal), articles like those of Ignatius, prodded by Peace Now from who he received the information, are incitement.  That the US can award almost 1 billion dollars to Gaza, even if through the PA, when all know it will support Hamas, a terror organization, and Ignatius, et. al. doesn’t protest is stupendous.  It’s hypocrisy.

]]> 2012-05-23T;03:01:00-05:00 Comment by David Stolow dstolow@comcast.net Now here is an exemption that needs to be revoked. Israel uses settlements the way Hamas uses Qassams. The US has no hesitation about shutting down Moslem charities that raise money for Hamas. Even if that money doesn’t go to buy missiles it frees up other money to buy the missiles. Same for settlements. The US would do everyone, but especially the Jews, a huge favor by shutting down the groups that raise money to buy West Bank land and build more settlements. 40 years of occupation has made Israel less, not more safe. Time to end the madness. Now here is an exemption that needs to be revoked. Israel uses settlements the way Hamas uses Qassams. The US has no hesitation about shutting down Moslem charities that raise money for Hamas. Even if that money doesn’t go to buy missiles it frees up other money to buy the missiles. Same for settlements. The US would do everyone, but especially the Jews, a huge favor by shutting down the groups that raise money to buy West Bank land and build more settlements. 40 years of occupation has made Israel less, not more safe. Time to end the madness.

]]> 2012-05-23T;03:01:00-05:00 Comment by Gary Katz garybkatz@comcast.net I can’t think of any other country receiving U.S. aid that has restrictions of this type. I can’t think of any other country receiving U.S. aid that has restrictions of this type.

]]> 2012-05-23T;03:01:00-05:00 Comment by Mark S. Devenow attymsd@gmail.com I fear that the David Ignatius piece quoted above is prolepsis for, and/or harbinger of, a bacchanal of leftist media “investigative reporting” targeting organizations that are both worthy and important to the US-Israel alliance. Certainly there are those placed in high appointive foreign policy positions who will be cheering this effort to delegitimize the good work of these organizations . This tells me that these kinds of attacks have to be answered. Without arrogating anything to myself in the vein of this necessity, it might be useful for starters to point out that, the Obama Administration, insofar as it is or might become interested in alighting upon tax exempt organizations in the name of curtailing deductions in favor of entities which violate or affront American public policy in one way or another, ought to begin with the Arab “charities” that actively raise funds (via various shams, artifices and ruses) that go to the paymasters of the murderers of Americans. If this order of priority is followed, Americans who support various projects of which David Ignatius (and his cohort in the liberal media) presumably disapproves, have little to worry about where it comes to their tax deductions for worthy cause. I fear that the David Ignatius piece quoted above is prolepsis for, and/or harbinger of, a bacchanal of leftist media “investigative reporting” targeting organizations that are both worthy and important to the US-Israel alliance.

Certainly there are those placed in high appointive foreign policy positions who will be cheering this effort to delegitimize the good work of these organizations .

This tells me that these kinds of attacks have to be answered.

Without arrogating anything to myself in the vein of this necessity, it might be useful for starters to point out that, the Obama Administration, insofar as it is or might become interested in alighting upon tax exempt organizations in the name of curtailing deductions in favor of entities which violate or affront American public policy in one way or another, ought to begin with the Arab “charities” that actively raise funds (via various shams, artifices and ruses) that go to the paymasters of the murderers of Americans.

If this order of priority is followed, Americans who support various projects of which David Ignatius (and his cohort in the liberal media) presumably disapproves, have little to worry about where it comes to their tax deductions for worthy cause.

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