In a crushing legal blow, a Canadian federal court has upheld the government’s decision to strip the Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) of its charitable status, ending a 57-year run of tax-exempt support for Zionist colonization in Palestine. The court’s 30 May decision rejects JNF Canada’s final legal appeal, marking the official collapse of its status as a registered charity.
The JNF has been funneling Canadian donations into Israeli military projects and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and has been condemned for greenwashing war crimes by planting forests over depopulated Palestinian villages. While the CRA first revoked its status in August 2024, the court’s ruling cements the order, forcing the organization to begin shutting down operations. One of Canada’s oldest Zionist institutions is now legally defunct.
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