Post Date: November 1, 2024
Mizrachi Canada is a charitable organisation operating as an illegal conduit for the Israeli website jgive.org. Between 2007-2021, Mizrachi Canada failed to even conduct the bar standard of reporting requirements. It patently failed to list its international intermediaries, as required under the Income Tax Act. This means, bluntly, that the over $40 million it claimed it had moved to Israel quite simply could have gone anywhere. Likely due to public pressure, in 2022 Mizrachi Canada at last provided the CRA with a list of its Israeli intermediaries. This list was not only extremely troubling from a moral standpoint. It was fully illegal as well. Mizrachi Canada listed dozens of Israeli intermediaries operating within the illegal settlements, along with Israeli recipients actively working to displace Palestinians and seize their sovereign territory, and Israeli recipients providing financial and material support to the Israeli military.
Despite marked public pressure – which included a member of Parliament raising issue with Mizrachi Canada’s ongoing financial complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity and a parliamentary e-petition that garnered more than 12,500 signatures – 2023 filings confirm that Mizrachi continues the habit of financing illegal Israeli intermediaries.
Standouts from the 2022 list include:
- Regavim: a radical pro-settler organisation co-founded by far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that works to dispossess Palestinians of their lands and facilitate illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank;
- Women in Green: a radical settler group whose current campaigns include one that allows donors to pay for Israeli flags to be planted by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip and another with a campaign graphic that reads: “Victory for Israel! Demolish. Enter. Remain in Gaza!”. The CRA’s audit of Ne’eman Canada made clear that Women in Green does not conduct activity it considers charitable under the governing parameters of the Income Tax Act;
- Im Tirtzu: a far-right organisation that works to delegitimize Israeli human rights groups and progressive academics, which even Israeli courts have determined can fairly be considered a fascist group. They openly work to equip the IDF “for victory”, and post videos of members congratulating themselves as they block international aid trucks meant for starving civilians in Gaza;
- Duvdevan Foundation: an Israeli charity that claims to offer support to current members of the Duvdevan Unit of the Israeli Defence Forces which, among other operations, engages in extrajudicial assassinations of Palestinians;
- Elad / Ir David: an organisation that aims to forcibly transfer Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem with the objective of ‘Judaizing’ the city. As with ‘Women in Green’, the CRA’s audit of Ne’eman Canada made clear that Elad / Ir David’s activities are not considered charitable under the Income Tax Act.
A list of organizations involved in settlement activity, violence and supporting the IDF, that received funds from Mizrachi Organization of Canada in 2022
| Organization | Amount | Location | Description | Settlement Activity | Violent Activity | IDF Support |
| A.H.A.V.A. ENGLISH LEARNED IN A NATURAL METHOD | $1,060 | Mitzpeh Yeriho, oPt | English literacy organization in a religious settlement in West Bank | x | x | |
| AD KAN | $560 | Staffed by former IDF intelligence agents. Utilize espionage, research and law divisions to combat anti-Zionist and pro-Boycott, Divest, Sanctions groups. | x | |||
| AMUDIM | $59,614 | Jerusalem | Provides services for “victims of sexual abuse” through case management. Sends trips to Israel. | x | ||
| ARIEL INSTITUTE | $430 | Ariel, oPt | Trains rabbis to serve as spiritual leaders in IDF, Israel, etc. | x | ||
| BAT AYIN YESHIVA | $46 | Bat Ayin, oPt | Bat Ayin underground has been responsible for planned attacks on Palestinian communities, including schools | x | x | |
| BEIT HAGGAI | $11,751 | Beit Haggai, South Hebron Hills, oPt | Includes a “youth village”; reports of violence towards Palestinians | x | ||
| BEIT KNESSET HAZORIM B’RINA | $23,585 | Efrat, oPt | Settler synagogue | X | ||
| BNEI DAVID/YESHIVAT HESDER ELI | $32,413 | Eli, oPt | Military-affiliated yeshiva supporting alumni to go on to IDF | X | X | X |
| DUVDEVAN FOUNDATION | $99,373 | Jerusalem | Supports active and former members of Duvdevan Unit. – Duvdevan Unit engages in undercover activities at Palestinian rallies/protests. Engages in extra-judicial assassinations. | x | ||
| ERFAT DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | $1,476 | Erfat, oPt | Supports Efrat, also NY based. Fundraising for tactical gear for IDF, establishment of a “forest reserve” in surrounding land | x | ||
| GARIN TORANI LOD | $16,931 | Lod | Jewish nationalist religious community “protected” by armed settlers, moving into Arab neighbourhoods. | x | x | |
| HONENU | $46 | Kiryat Arba, oPt | Zionist legal aid organization offering legal assistance to Israeli soldiers and settlers. | x | x | x |
| IGGUD YESHIVOT HEDSER | $9,500 | Ramat Beit Shemesh | Military-affiliated yeshiva supporting alumni to go on to IDF | x | x | |
| IM TIRTZU (IMTI) | $10,155 | Jerusalem | Harasses peace activists and non-Jewish peoples in ‘Greater Israel’. Recently worked to block aid trucks bound for besieged Gaza. | x | x | x |
| IR DAVID | $2,546 | East Jerusalem, oPt | Annexing Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem in collaboration with JNF-KKL | x | ||
| ISRAEL DEFENSE AND SECURITY FORUM | $898 | Modi’in | Israel-based security and defence conference. Mission to “position Israel’s security as top national priority.” Made of 35,000 reserve officers and operatives dedicated to “guiding narrative of Israel’s national security” | x | ||
| ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE FUND | $3,529 | Tel Aviv | Funds a variety of projects, including support for active IDF soldiers – incorporated in NY | x | x | |
| ISRAEL LAND FUND | $3,300 | East Jerusalem, oPt | “Strives to ensure land is returned to Jews and maintained by Jews” | x | ||
| JGIVE – ASOR FUND | $370 | Jerusalem | Asor Fund founded JGive.com, which acts as a fundraising platform for many settler and IDF-supporting fundraisers. Israeli-registered, tax-exempt organization. | x | x | x |
| KEDUMIN – BNEI CHAYIL | $546 | Kedumim, oPt | Yeshiva high school | x | ||
| KEHILLAT TALMON | $2,375 | Talmon, oPt | Settler synagogue | x | ||
| KIRYAT HAYESHIVA BET EL | $73,658 | Bet El, oPt | Yeshiva | x | ||
| KOLLEL TORAS CHAIM – BETAR ILLIT | $3,363 | Betar Illit, oPt | Yeshiva | x | ||
| LAND OF ISRAEL NETWORK | $39,040 | Broadcasting corporation with “digital army”. Website links to Arugot Farm on the “Judean Frontier”, among other settler initiatives | x | |||
| LEGAL FORUM FOR ISRAEL | $1,000 | Works towards legally entrenching illegal settlements. Founded by one of leaders in fight against settler disengagement from Gaza | x | |||
| LEV BINYAMIN | $171 | Binyamin Reg. Council, oPt | Supports developmentally disabled people and their families in the Binyamin region | x | ||
| LOTAR ASSOCIATION | $281 | Tel Aviv | Supports active members, alumni and veterans of the IDF LOTAR UNIT (Counter-Terrorism). | x | ||
| MA’AGALIM | $219,734 | Various locations, including throughout oPt | Programs for “at-risk” youth, ties to IDF and settlers | x | x | |
| MECHINA AZTMONA/ITZEM TORAH | $23,268 | Originated in Atzmona, reestablished in Moshav Yated | Prep school for IDF, founded in former Gaza settlement | x | ||
| MECHINA OF KIRYAT MALACHI | $3,000 | Kiryat Melachi | Pre-military academy | x | ||
| MECHINAT SHACHAR | $37,208 | Holon | Pre-military academy; founded by IDF special forces veterans, officers, and commanders | x | ||
| MECHINAT YEDIDYA | $38,046 | Masu’ot Yitzchak | Pre-military academy | x | ||
| MICHLOL MAALE LEVONA | $22,912 | Ma’ale Levona, oPt | Pre-military skills development | x | x | |
| MIDRESHET HAROVA | $42,260 | East Jerusalem | All-female seminary teaching through the lens of emphasizing aliyah | x | ||
| NETZER ARIEL | $21,166 | Ariel, oPt | Settler community | x | ||
| ORO SHEL ADAM | $169 | Geva Binyamin/Adam, oPt | Mission to inspire, teach, and guide Olim and IDF Lone soldiers at different stages of Aliyah and life in Israel | x | x | |
| PANIM EL PANIM | $475 | Jerusalem | Provides support to active IDF soldiers. | x | ||
| PORTAL HADAF HAYOMI | $161 | Alon Shvut, oPt | Settlement-based Judaic learning platform. | x | ||
| REGAVIM | $8,034 | Jerusalem | Surveils and harasses Palestinians and non-Jewish residents in Israel/oPt. Attempts to expel non-Jewish residents through specific legal action. Co-founded by MinisterSmotrich | x | x | |
| RESHIT DEGANCHA | $8,783 | Efrat, oPt | Community in oPt seeking to build a synagogue. | x | ||
| SADNAT SHILUV | $6,607 | Gvaot, oPt | Engages “special needs” in schools to learn about agriculture, animal care, operating a social cafe | x | ||
| SHAAREY EKUYAHU SYNAGOGUE | $1,885 | Efrat, oPt | Synagogue in illegal settlement | x | ||
| SHIRAT DAVID | $9,500 | Efrat, oPt | Community of settlers in illegally settlement | Xx | ||
| SHIRAT HATAMAR | $1,079 | Efrat, oPt | Synagogue in illegal settlement | x | ||
| SYNAGOGUE IN MEMORY OF NOAM RAZ | $23,999 | Kida, oPt | Noam Raz was a Yaman National Counter Terror unit police commando | x | x | |
| TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT | $471 | East Jerusalem | Archaeological project sifts earth from Temple Mount, now moved to Masu’ot Lookout, Mount Scopus | x | ||
| THE JORDAN VALLEY DEVELOPMENT FUND | $2,279 | Jordan Valley, oPt | Supports programs and activities for Jewish identity in the Jordan Valley area of the West Bank. | x | ||
| ULPANA L’BANOT KIRYAT ARBA | $720 | Hebron, oPt | School in Kiryat Arba settlement | X | ||
| WOMEN IN GREEN – WOMEN FOR ISRAEL | $7,683 | oPt | Settler group with problematic campaigns on the jgive.com platform. These include “Demolist Enter Remain in Gaza”, “Joining our soldiers who raise the Israeli flag in Gaza”, and several campaigns which purchase supplies for active IDF soldiers. | x | x | |
| WORLD BNEI AKIVA | $240,149 | Jerusalem | Largest Jewish religious Zionist youth movement in the world, promoting Aliyah | x | ||
| YAD RAMAH | $562 | Ramot Bet, oPt, | Community of Russian speaking Jews situated in Ramot Bet with plans for community expansion | x | ||
| YESHIVA HESDER OR VISHUA HAIFA | $1,962 | Neve Sha’anan, Haifa | Military-affiliated yeshiva that educates French-speaking Jews | x | ||
| YESHIVA HESDER KIRYAT SHEMONEH | $475 | Kiryat Shemoneh | Military-affiliated yeshiva located along northern border with Lebanon and self-described as a “first line of defence on the northern border” and working “hand-in-hand with the IDF” | x | ||
| YESHIVA BIRKAT MOSHE-MAALE ADUMIM | $720 | Ma’ale Adumim, oPt | Military-affiliated yeshiva yeshiva | x | x | |
| YESHIVA HAR BRACHA | $6,971 | Har Brakha, oPt | Military-affiliated yeshiva yeshiva | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT AYELET HASHACHAR IN EILAT | $75,329 | Eilat | Military-affiliated yeshiva yeshiva | x | ||
| YESHIVAT CHOVEVEI MASKIOT | $9,500 | Maskiot, oPt | Communal settlement planned to house settlers previously evicted from Gush Katif in Gaza | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT HAKOTEL | $52,916 | East Jerusalem, oPt | Settler yeshiva | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HAR ETZION | $117,686 | Alon Shvut, oPt | Military-oriented yeshiva with notable faculty including co-founders of Gush Emunim settlement. | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT HAR HAMOR | $950 | East Jerusalem | Founded as off-shoot of Mercaz HaRabbi, follows the teachings of Rabbi Kook | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER ACCO | $18,302 | Acre | Founded in 2003 to “strengthen the Jewish and Zionist character of the city”. In 2000, 95% of the residents in the Old City were Arab. | X | x | |
| YESHIVAT HESDER ELON MOREH | $76 | Elon Moreh, oPt | Military-affiliated yeshiva | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT HESDER HAREL | $23,680 | Modiin | Military-affiliated yeshiva that contributes to the expansion of Modiin with settlers | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT HESDER HOLON | $34 | Holon | Military-affiliated yeshiva committed to creating young men who will serve the IDF in combat units”. | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER KARNEI SHOMRON | $475 | Karnei Shomron, oPt | Military-affiliated yeshiva | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT HESDER MAALOT YAAKOV | $24,992 | Maalot-Tarshiha | Military-affiliated yeshiva established as a “Zionist response” to “Maalot Massacre” | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER NAHAR DEIAH IN NA | $475 | Nahariya | Military-affiliated yeshiva. Students train as combat soldiers. | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER NEVE DEKALIM | $40,250 | Ashdod | Military-affiliated yeshiva formerly located in Yamit region (Sinai peninsula), then Gush Katif (Gaza), now in Ashdod | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER NOF HAGALIL | $10,234 | Nof HaGalil | Military-affiliated yeshiva | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER OR ETZION | $11,125 | Alon Shvut, oPt | Military-affiliated yeshiva | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT HESDER RAMAT GAN | $5,000 | Ramat Gan | Military-affiliated yeshiva | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER SDEROT | $27,028 | Sderot | Israel’s largest Military-affiliated Hesder Yeshiva; Located one kilometre from Gaza Strip; built in a series of rocket-proof buildings. Rabbi is outspokenly anti-LGBT | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER SHILOH | $475 | Shiloh, oPt | Military-affiliated yeshiva in major hub of settler violence against Palestinian towns. | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT HESDER TFAHOT | $21,563 | Tefahot | Military-affiliated yeshiva | x | ||
| YESHIVAT HESDER YAFO | $18,539 | Jaffa | Military-affiliated yeshiva in Maalot-Tarshiha headed by Rabbi Eliyahu Mali, who has openly called for genocide of all Palestinians in Gaza | x | x | x |
| YESHIVAT LEV HA TORAH | $391,174 | Beit Shemesh | Hosts “lone soldiers” | x | ||
| YESHIVAT MIRCAZ HaRabbi | $1,012 | Jerusalem | Yeshiva founded by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Kook, attended by many notable alumni including Knesset members, chief rabbis, etc. Founder’s son, Rav Kook’s fundamentalist teachings drove the settlement movement in occupied West Bank and Gaza and foundation of Gush Emunim movement | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT NETIV ARYEH | $23,433 | East Jerusalem, oPt | Yeshiva located at/next to the Western Wall; subject of reports of various abuses of students by Rabbis on staff | x | x | |
| YESHIVAT SHAVEI HEVON | $145,773 | Hebron, oPt | Yeshiva | x | ||
| YESHIVAT SHAVEI HEVON | $145,773 | Hebron, oPt | Likely intended to be “HEVRON”. Yeshiva in a building of a former Palestinian school, taken over by Israel | X | ||
| YSMAH MOSHE COMMUNITY | $574 | Har Homa, oPt | Community located in Har Homa neighbourhood built on expropriated Palestinian land. | X | ||
| ZAYIT RAANAN SHUL | $8,293 | Zayit, Efrat, oPt | Synagogue in illegal settlement | x |
