The Central Fund for Israel–which lists its office at the same address as Marcus Fabrics on 6th Avenue in New York– is a 501(c)3. That means contributions are 50 percent tax deductible. The Central Fund gives a lot of its money to educational institutions in the Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories.
The spirit of federal law is very clear: charitable organizations won't discriminate on a racial basis. Two questions the government asks about educational organizations: "Does the organization have a racially nondiscriminatory policy toward students by statement in its charter….?
"Does the organization discriminate by race in any way…?"
Well, in 2004 the Central Fund sent $106,936 to an anti-Arab Israeli group that deals with Yeshivas, Mishmeret Yesha "Guardians of Yesha." Here's a nice rundown of the grantee from an article in the Jerusalem Post:
[Moshe] Hager-Lau [a rabbi and colonel who chairs "Premilitary Religious Academies" in the West Bank] asked Mishmeret Yesha , an organization
that has trained more than 100 rapid response teams throughout Judea
and Samaria, to help train the yeshiva students.Israel Danziger, head of operations at Mishmeret Yesha, said he had been asked by Hager-Lau to put together a general plan for educational institutions that would improve their preparedness to deal with terrorist infiltrations.
Danziger said the plan included an early-warning system;
drills that would teach every settlement resident where to go in case
of an attack; coordinating and practicing communications between
emergency organizations and residents; and conducting periodic mock
attacks.However, one of Mishmeret Yesha's central security demands is a no-Arab policy.
"We don't want to have anything to do with any
organization that employs Arabs," said Danziger. "There is no sense in
training a rapid response team in a settlement or an institution where
you have a bunch of Arabs walking around gathering information."
