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Source: https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/regulator-rules-no-evidence-of-charitable-activity-by-viva-palestina-group/

UK Regulator Finds "No Evidence of Charitable Activity" by Viva Palestina Group

(Jewish News-UK) There is "no evidence of charitable activity" by Viva Palestina, set up in 2009 to fund aid convoys to Gaza, the UK Charity Commission reported this week. Michelle Russell, director of investigations at the commission, said, "We found little evidence that the intended beneficiaries received the support intended, despite the extensive fundraising by Viva Palestina." Although no money made its way to Gaza, one of the charity's former trustees received payments from the charity, and mobile phones and radios were purchased with charity funds at "significant expenditure."

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