Posted on 11/26/2010 9:46:33 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
A pro-Israel education group called Z Street is claiming that Obama's IRS has violated its Constitutional rights by denying it tax exempt status solely because it supports Israel, support that apparently runs counter to Obama's stance on Israel.
Z Street reports that Obama's IRS asked a telling question of the group as it sought the tax exemption earlier this year. In August, Z Street filed a lawsuit claiming that the IRS was delaying the consideration because the group is a vocal supporter of the State of Israel and that support apparently runs counter to the Obama's administration's position.
According to the lawsuit, "The case is brought because, through its corporate counsel, Z STREET was informed explicitly by an IRS Agent on July 19, 2010, that approval of Z STREET’s application for tax-exempt status has been at least delayed, and may be denied because of a special IRS policy in place regarding organizations in any way connected with Israel, and further that the applications of many such Israel-related organizations have been assigned to 'a special unit in the D.C. office to determine whether the organization's activities contradict the Administration's public policies.'"
In other words, Z Street could be denied status as a 501(c)(3) organization because they differ with Obama on Israel. If this is true, if the Obama administration is targeting organizations that support Israel and then wielding its power over the IRS to harm such groups, that is a clear violation of these groups First Amendment rights....
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The majority of American Jews voted for this and Obama. The majority of American Jews still love him.
He could be Hitler and as long as he has a D after his name - they will by and large love him.
Some one tell me again why Jews support Democraps by 70-80%?
This sort of thing is quite normal.
I don’t think asking if they support Israel is “normal.” These guys only found one other group (also a pro-Israel group) that was asked the question. Seems to me it’s pretty targeted.
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