Jewish National Fund of Canada Loses Court Appeal, Has Days to Disband

The decision bolsters the CRA’s authority to revoke other Israel focused charities violating Canada’s Income Tax Act.

 

In a 16-page decision released November 8 federal court judge Whyte Nowak rejected the JNF’s application for a judicial review and a request for an injunction to force the CRA to overturn its revocation of the JNF’s charitable status. After 57 years as a registered charity the CRA has given the JNF until November 13 to dispose of tens of millions in assets.

 

“The revocation and effective disbandment of the Jewish National Fund of Canada is a victory against an important arm of a racist colonial movement that's stolen Palestinian land for over a century”, noted Karen Rodman of Just Peace Advocates.

 

Over 200 registered charities sent $362 million to Israel in 2022. Dozens of them assist the military, government agencies, racist organizations and illegal West Bank colonies in violation of CRA rules. Detailed complaints have been submitted to the CRA concerning more than a dozen of these organizations.

 

JNF Canada showed a net worth of $29.7 million in 2018, and $20.8 million in 20022. From 2018 to 2022, JNF Canada provided close to $2 million to the now revoked Ne'eman Foundation of Canada

 

“The Federal Court’s recent ruling reinforces the CRA's authority to move against charities assisting an apartheid state committing genocide in Gaza”, concluded Rodman.