ProPublica: US Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Defense of Alleged Killers of Palestinian Teen

[marmar]

via truthout:


US Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Defense of Alleged Killers of Palestinian Teen

Tuesday, 15 July 2014 09:14
By Uri Blau, ProPublica | Report


A controversial Israeli organization that's representing the six men recently arrested in the recent revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager is receiving thousands of dollars in tax-deductible support from Americans. The group, called Honenu (which roughly translates to "pardon&quot , supports Israelis charged with or convicted of violence against Palestinians.

Honenu's work goes well goes beyond legal aid.

The group says it also provides "spiritual" and "financial" assistance to prisoners and their families. Among those Honenu has helped: Yigal Amir, assassin of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin; an Israeli convicted of murdering seven Palestinians at a bus stop; and an Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter and obstruction of justice after shooting a British photographer in Gaza.

The tax-exempt donations do not appear to run afoul of U.S. law. But they do put U.S. taxpayers in the position of subsidizing aid to Israelis convicted of politically motivated violence. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/24955-us-taxpayers-are-subsidizing-defense-of-alleged-killers-of-palestinian-teen

[Turbineguy]

1. Taxpayers support the defense of all manner of persons.

[geek tragedy]

2. private American citizens have always funded terrorists and

their enablers overseas. The IRA used to collect cash from Boston pubs.

So, here, yes some far-right extremists in the US will fund a hate group like Honenu. But they shouldn't be tax-deductible.