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Charity Commission probes £28 m UK donations to Israeli settlements

6/10/2026

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The Charity Commission has been instructed to investigate UK charities funneling at least £28 million to Israeli illegal settlements.
If Gift Aid were claimed, taxpayers would have subsidised the settlements by £5.6 million, which Ward called deplorable.
Amnesty International UK and MPs have called for cancelling London Great Israeli Real Estate Event and have scrutinised charities Kasner Charitable Trust and UK Toremet for funding Regavim, an EU-sanctioned group that destroys Palestinian homes.

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The Charity Commission has been instructed to investigate UK charities funneling at least £28 million to Israeli illegal settlements.
If Gift Aid were claimed, taxpayers would have subsidised the settlements by £5.6 million, which Ward called deplorable.
Amnesty International UK and MPs have called for cancelling London Great Israeli Real Estate Event and have scrutinised charities Kasner Charitable Trust and UK Toremet for funding Regavim, an EU-sanctioned group that destroys Palestinian homes.