How, you ask? this was on Radio 4 lunchtime news today 10th June at length: and here is what was revealed.
Thirty-two charities in England and Wales have donated at least £28m to Israeli settlements on the West Bank that are illegal under international law, MP Melanie Ward has investigated.
This means quite simply, that if they claim gift aid in the usual way, you and I, taxpayers, will be donating £5.6m to illegal settlements
"The foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced on Tuesday that the Charity Commission has been tasked with investigating UK charities’ links to settlements"
Melanie Ward writes: “The existence and growth of Israeli settlements in the state of Palestine is globally recognised as one of the major impediments to peace. Any activity which supports the maintenance and the expansion of Israeli settlements – such as that funded by these 32 ‘charities’ – is extremist and not of benefit to the UK public. Further, it risks being materially and financially used in pursuance of breaches of international law.”
Further details if you cannot access the article, so you can know exactly to whom the money is going:
"Among the charities she names are the Kasner Charitable Trust (KCT) and UK Toremet, which the Guardian revealed last year had together – the latter acting as a conduit – donated about £5.7m to the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva high school in Susya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Ward said researchers, who examined documents in English and Hebrew, found Kasner had also donated to a yeshiva in the Palestinian city of Hebron while, in 2022, UK Toremet donated £38,479 to Regavim, an extremist pro-settler group that supports the destruction of Palestinian homes and which the EU has imposed sanctions on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/10/charities-in-england-and-wales-donate-millions-to-israeli-settlements
there is a lot more, but I wont quote anymore as you get the gist:
The Charity Commission is now investigating it.
All quotes are from the Guardian News as well as the same information on BBC4 news.
