An open letter from Apple employees and shareholders demands the tech giant stop matching employee donations to organisations with ties to the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip and ongoing illegal settlement development in the West Bank, The Intercept reports.
The letter, building on a previous demand by Apple employees for a ceasefire in the conflict, calls on the company to “promptly investigate and cease matching donations to all organisations that further illegal settlements in occupied territories and support the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)”.
Among the charitable organisations eligible for dollar-matching from Apple are Friends of the IDF, an organisation that collects donations on behalf of soldiers in the Israeli military, as well as a number of groups that contribute to the settlement enterprise in the West Bank, including HaYovel, One Israel Fund, the Jewish National Fund, and IsraelGives.
A legislative effort in New York called the “Not On Our Dime Act” is seeking to challenge the ability of nonprofit organisations in the state to fundraise for illegal settlements, including by making them subject to legal liability or loss of their nonprofit status.
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