FILE - Palestinians carry the body of 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh during his funeral in the West Bank village of Duma, Friday, July 31, 2015. The sleeping toddler was burned to death when Jewish assailants set fire to two Palestinian homes, an attack that also killed his parents and critically wounded his 4-year-old brother. An Israeli group raising funds for Jewish radicals convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes, including the Duma attack, is collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans, according to an investigation by the AP and non-profit Israeli investigative platform. That is a sign that Israel’s far right is gaining a new foothold in the United States. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
Israel US Extremist Foundraising
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli group raising funds for Jewish extremists convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes is collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans. That is according to an investigation by The Associated Press and Israeli investigative platform Shomrim. The findings give a sign that Israel’s radical right is gaining a new foothold in the United States. The amount of money raised through the U.S. nonprofit is not known. But the money trail runs from New Jersey to imprisoned Israeli radicals who include the assassin of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as well as people convicted in deadly attacks on Palestinians.
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