J Street disingenuous

Isi Leibler
Candidly Speaking from Jerusalem
25 July '10

As I wrote in my July 19 column (”J Street’s new outrageous initiative“), J Street has enraged many American Jews by calling on its members to lobby the US Treasury to question the tax deductibility of charitable donations benefiting institutions over the Green Line.

It is now running for cover by disingenuously claiming it seeks to question the legality of these donations, as distinct from their tax deductibility status, as claimed below

“J Street has not called for and is not lobbying for the tax deductible status of organizations that fund settlement activity to be revoked, as posited in “J Street’s new outrageous initiative” (July 19) by Isi Leibler. According to its statement on the matter, J Street is calling for an investigation into possible illegal activity committed by these groups“. (Corrections, July 21).

The fact is that it has launched a major campaign highlighting a New York Times article titled “Tax Exempt Funds Aid Settlements” that questioned their deductibility.

In its press release, J Street explicitly states that funds raised are “tax deductible contributions.”

So there can be no doubt as to its intention, it has urged its supporters to bombard the Treasury Department, which is responsible for matters of tax evasion, with demands for an investigation.

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