JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli newspaper investigation says U.S. donors have pumped more than $200 million into Jewish West Bank settlements in recent years.
The investigation published by the liberal daily Haaretz Monday says the money was funneled through some 50 non-profit organizations. The money funded anything from legal aid for extremist Jews to purchasing buildings and improving settlers’ quality of life.
The report says the tax-deductible status of the money means the U.S. was “incentivizing” settlements, which Washington opposes and views as an obstacle to peace.
The Palestinians want the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, as part of a future state. Nearly 600,000 Jewish settlers live in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 war.
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