Credit Card facilities removed from Interpal
The charity Interpal can no longer receive donations by credit card. This severely curtails the organisation’s ability to fundraise directly through its website. Interpal, whose full name is Palestinians Relief And Development Fund, is an English charity regulated by the Charity Commission, which describes itself as “a specialist, non-political charity
UK government plan may interfere with Israel’s anti-terrorism laws
UKLFI is seeking clarification of a UK government plan which may interfere with Israel’s anti-terrorism laws. UK Lawyers for Israel has asked the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) for further information regarding a new programme which appears to be intended to obstruct Israeli counter-terrorism legislation. If so, carrying out
UK Government Conceals Audits of Foreign Aid
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is engaged in a cover-up of its failure to stop millions of pounds of British aid being paid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to terrorists. In doing so it may be concealing criminal offences committed by British Ministers and officials. DFID has refused
Interpal suffers donations blow as BT’s MyDonate withdraws facilities
BT’s My Donate has this week withdrawn fundraising facilities from The Palestinian Relief and Development Fund (Interpal). Interpal’s fundraising methods have been severely restricted. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) wrote to Visa and Mastercard, the credit card companies linked to My Donate pointing out that Interpal is designated as a
UKLFI’s complaint that PWC failed to raise concerns about payments to terrorists has been allowed
The UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the Guidelines) has decided to allow the complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel and has stated that the issues raised by UKLFI “merit further examination”. The complaint was originally brought against PwC in December 2016 and it
Banks withdraw services from terror linked NGO
UKLFI has succeeded in preventing Defence for Children International Palestine (DCI-P), a terrorist linked NGO, from receiving foreign currency donations by bank transfers from Citibank and Arab Bank PLC. DCI-P, which has close links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group, can no longer receive
More credit card facilities closed down for terrorist linked NGOs
Three more Palestinian NGOs have had their credit card donation facilities withdrawn, following complaints that they were linked to a terrorist organisation and to the Boycott Divestments and Sanctions movement. The NGOs are Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Stop the Wall and Gaza Community Mental Health Programme. These organisations, along
Credit Card Donations to Terrorist linked NGOs terminated
Online credit card donations facilities have been withdrawn from four NGOs: Al Haq, Women’s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC), Union of Agricultural Work committees (UAWC) and the Alternative Information Centre. The credit card facilities were terminated as a result of letters sent by UK Lawyers for Israel to Visa, Mastercard and