Revealed: how US residents are funding illegal settlements in the West Bank

Crowdfunding site IsraelGives allows US residents to donate millions to paramilitary groups, IDF units and settlers

An Israeli crowdfunding platform, IsraelGives, has allowed US residents to donate millions of dollars since 7 October to causes including illegal West Bank settlements, paramilitary groups, and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) units currently operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Legal experts say that some of these campaigns may be illegal under US tax law, but that this is rarely enforced on donors to Israeli causes.