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The Guardian - US
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Chris McGreal

New York law aims to stop funding of illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Assembly member Zohran Mamdani.
Assembly member Zohran Mamdani at a rally calls on mayor to provide more stable housing for asylum seekers, on 13 October 2022, in New York City. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

New York’s state assembly is to consider legislation to stop registered charities from sending tens of millions of dollars a year to fund illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

State assembly member Zohran Mamdani has introduced the “Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence” act to prohibit tax-deductible donations from being used to expel Palestinians from their land and other activities widely regarded as war crimes under the Geneva conventions.

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