(National Post - Canada) Arthur Drache - The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency has said it is contrary to Canadian public policy to carry on charitable activities over the Green Line, thus prohibiting the use of Canadian charitable funds to support Jewish schools and synagogues in the territories. Yet the policy did not apply to non-Jewish organizations that supported Christian and Muslim schools, churches, and mosques in the same areas. The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has now ruled that there was no reason why charitable work could not be carried out both in Israel and beyond the 1967 border. The case in question involved Canadian Magen David Adom, which purchased ambulances that also answer emergency calls over the Green Line.
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