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    IsraelGives is an Israeli tech company founded in 2019 by Israeli entrepreneurs Jonathan Ben-Dor and Joseph Hitler

    Excuse me??

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    Diala Shamas is senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a hunan rights nonprofit headquartered in New York City. She said that while donations to communities like Ma’on, “are illegal under international law and could be illegal under US law, the problem has always been one of enforcement”.

    She believes that attorneys-general could prosecute over donations funding illegal acts, and the IRS could enforce its own rules on equivalence, but “Israeli causes have enjoyed complete impunity”.

    Yeah, let’s not hold our breath for consequences.

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    Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and a former diplomat, said that such fundraisers were telling of the strain on Israel’s military. “It’s December 2023, and it sounds like parts of the IDF are basically begging for basic equipment, which is fascinating,” she said.

    Man, are you telling me we’re subsidizing their genocide for billions every year and they still can’t get their soldiers basic supplies? Fuck’s sake. Like, it’s great that their efficacy is limited by supply problems considering they’re attempting a, y’know, genocide, but the sheer incompetence is fucking staggering.

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    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.

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    IsraelGives is an Israeli tech company founded in 2019 by Israeli entrepreneurs Jonathan Ben-Dor and Joseph Hitler, according to company filings and tech sector monitor Crunchbase.

    Jonathan Ben-Dor and Joseph Hitler

    Joseph Hitler