US Zionist Organizations

In October 1983, ten Palestinians, one Israeli and five American citizens brought suit in the US Federal Court in Washington, D.C. calling on the Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to revoke the tax-exempt status of six Zionist organizations based in the United States. The organizations are the World Zionist Organization American Section, Inc., also known as the Jewish Agency; the Jewish Agency American Section; the United Israel Appeal; the United Jewish Appeal; the Jewish National Fund; and Americans for a Safe Israel. If the plaintiffs succeed, their action could stop the flow of the millions of dollars that are transferred yearly to the state of Israel by American Zionists. The US government is the defendant in the suit, not the Zionist organizations, because it was the decision of the US Department of the Treasury to grant tax-exempt status to the organizations. Being granted tax-exempt status by the Treasury Department pursuant to Title 26 Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Code can be the financial life line for many organizations. It permits individuals who donate money to a tax-exempt organization to deduct the same amount

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