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This was announced by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) after human rights groups like Just Peace Advocates (JPA) called for audit of its accounts.
While the CRA did not provide many details on Herut’s revocation in the Canada Gazette, it did cite three Income Tax Act provisions as the basis for its decision, according to JPA’s press release.
These provisions confirm that Herut Canada failed to comply with the requirements of the Income Tax Act, including at least some of sections 230 to 231.5.
JPA welcomed the news after making two submissions to the CRA requesting an audit, and community members sent 19,282 letters in support.
Charities in Canada enjoy certain privileges.
They pay no tax on donations.
They also issue tax receipts to donor that enable them to reduce their taxes by a certain percentage.
As the name suggests, charities are required to spend the money on charitable purposes.
Expressly forbidden is support to terrorist entities as well as to foreign militaries or groups involved in acts violating Canadian or international law.
In one of its complaints to the CRA, JPA also called for audit of Shomrim Toronto, another zionist paramilitary group.
Based in Dorval, QC, Herut Canada was initially registered as a charity in January 2021.
Its roots extend to the pre-Israeli state terror group, Irgun.
In 1948, Albert Einstein and other prominent Jewish intellectuals labeled Herut “a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties.”
In the late 1980s, Herut became the Likud Party, the current ruling party in Israel that is involved in the Gaza genocide.
Herut market themselves as a “proud zionist organization” on their website homepage.
Their long list of activities includes: “Support for Lone Soldiers in the IDF [and] Practical Zionism / Settling the Land of Israel.”
They clearly encourage illegal settlements, as noted in their statement: “We promote Aliyah [migration to Israel] and support the right of Jewish communities to live and thrive throughout Israel, including in Judea and Samaria.”
Zionists refer to the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem as “Judea and Samaria”.
“This violates domestic and international law, as well as Canadian public policy,” says JPA.
Herut Canada also spews anti-Palestinian racism throughout their website, denies the reality of Israeli apartheid, and falsely claims that “under international law, the Jewish people own the entire Land of Israel.”
As of November 17, 2025, Herut Canada continued to offer tax receipts, JPA found.
Magen Herut Canada
After October 7, 2023, a sub-group of Herut Canada was established: Magen Herut Canada (MHC).
Described as “a newly formed Jewish safety patrol group” they purported to be “stepping up to protect the Jewish community on university campuses.”
In Toronto MHC acts as a vigilante group.
For instance, in the fall of 2024, its members descended on the University of Toronto to intimidate opponents of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
MHC offers free workshops of Krav Maga, training used by the Israeli military.
They have also openly fundraised to purchase protective gear for members who are required to have experience in security, policing or the military.
MHC works closely with the private security firm JFORCE, which provides “protest security” for Israel supporters.
Backlash from zionist supporters
In response to a tweet about the revocation announcement, zionist supporters were outraged.
Herut Canada’s National Director even claimed “auditors were candid in explaining what prompted their review. ‘They actually did admit it was due to outside pressure…we knew from day one they had made up their mind… it had nothing to do with finances.’”
Herut Canada and their supporters may continue spewing anti-Palestinian racism, repeating anti-Muslim rhetoric, and aiding Israel’s apartheid, occupation, and genocide.
But they can no longer do so while using tax-subsidized dollars.
“We encourage the CRA to continue investigating charities that violate international and domestic law, as well as Canadian public policy (whether from Global Affairs or the CRA itself)”, said JPA in its press release.
The CRA must end the Canada to Israel charity pipeline.
Listed below are other Jewish ‘charities’ that funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to Israel for illegal activities.
Their charitable status has now been revoked by CRA:
1: Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc. (JNF Canada)
2: Beth Oloth
3: Colel Chabad Lubavitch Foundation of Israel
4: Gates of Mercy
5: Chasdei Levy Yitzcok
6: Ne’eman Canada
Between 2021 and 2025, Just Peace Advocates submitted dozens of complaints to the CRA focusing on more than 50 Canadian Jewish charities and qualified donees.
Key submissions include the Ne’eman Foundation (now revoked), HESEG Foundation, Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation, Mizrachi Canada (6 times), United Israel Appeal of Canada (2 times), Canadian Zionists Cultural Association (3 times), and many more.
Some of these submissions were made alongside other organizations such as Independent Jewish Voices, Palestinian and Jewish Unity, Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, ICJP Canada, and others.
These efforts also grew out of the Palestinian-led movement Defund Racism.
Through various campaigns, the CRA has also received tens of thousands of letters from Canadians demanding immediate and decisive action to end their complicity with permitting the funding of illegal zionist activities.
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