Donate money to Israel

cookies221

Does anybody have a link to a legit site where I can donate money to Israel? I've searched the internet but all the sites I come up with look like scams.

FreudianSlippers

Donate to them for what?

teol

Send it to the equivalent of their Dept of Finance. But you knew that, you just want a reaction.

cookies221

I want to support the Jewish homeland. It's my money and I'm free to do with it as I please. I also regualrly write to my local TD, lobbying him to get the Irish government to donate more aid to Israel.

Scotty #

http://www.israelbonds.com

Thread is now answered and should be closed.

blahfckingblah

to isreal as a whole or to a particular charity or cause?? because im pretty sure the state of isreal has a fairly solid economy

FreudianSlippers

cookies221 wrote: »

I want to support the Jewish homeland. It's my money and I'm free to do with it as I please. I also regualrly write to my local TD, lobbying him to get the Irish government to donate more aid to Israel.

I was just asking to know if you had a specific area you wanted to donate to.

I suppose that $2.8 billion a year they get from the US just doesn't cut it though. I would be wholeheartedly against the Irish government sending any aid to Israel. Considering their GDP is about $100billion more than ours, maybe we should be asking them for aid?

cookies221

Hmm Israel does appear to be an extremely successful state despite all the adversity. Maybe we should be asking them for aid

Siuin

I'm living in Israel ATM, feel free to PM me about any particular cause you'd be interested in supporting. There are some really great charities for kids, my favourite would be the One Family Fund- it's for kids who have lost a parent or sibling from terrorism and is a really nice organisation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VngZZwOqaeI

Please don't send the money to hasbara associations- they simply don't need it.

FreudianSlippers

How about this one?

http://www.childrenofpeace.org.uk/

Siuin

^ Also looks like a good one- those co-existence ones can be very worthwhile. I have a friend who volunteered in an Israeli/Palestinian theater and she did some really wonderful things

Siuin

blahfckingblah wrote: »

to isreal as a whole or to a particular charity or cause?? because im pretty sure the state of isreal has a fairly solid economy

Yeah, to be fair, Israel is doing a lot better than Ireland in terms of employment and whatnot. Although the standard of living I would say is lower here.

BlaasForRafa

You can donate to the Israeli equivalent of the British Legion at http://www.fidf.org/Page.aspx?pid=288

Siuin

As someone who has a boyfriend in the IDF, I can safely say that they have more than enough money- I'd be more inclined to give it to something that deals with kids. There's a huge youth population here, and really not enough resources for them.

The Saint

cookies221 wrote: »

I also regualrly write to my local TD, lobbying him to get the Irish government to donate more aid to Israel.

What a curious thing to do. Why would you want the state you live in that is in economic meltdown to donate to a state whose economy is doing better than most of Europe and the US?

It would be like someone in Kenya deciding to donate money to France or something.

Siuin

The Saint wrote: »

What a curious thing to do. Why would you want the state you live in that is in economic meltdown to donate to a state whose economy is doing better than most of Europe and the US?

Methinks Ireland needs some Jews controlling the purse strings over in Ireland

dvpower

cookies221 wrote: »

Does anybody have a link to a legit site where I can donate money to Israel? I've searched the internet but all the sites I come up with look like scams.

Seems odd to want to support the State of Israel financially. They're doing pretty well for themselves.

cookies221 wrote: »

I want to support the Jewish homeland. It's my money and I'm free to do with it as I please. I also regualrly write to my local TD, lobbying him to get the Irish government to donate more aid to Israel.

You want the Irish state to send aid to Israel?:eek: Does your local TD ever write back to you?

cookies221 wrote: »

Hmm Israel does appear to be an extremely successful state despite all the adversity. Maybe we should be asking them for aid

This thread is a scam.

The Saint

Siuin wrote: »

Methinks Ireland needs some Jews controlling the purse strings over in Ireland

Well anyone with a bit of cop on would be a start but we can only hope.

nesf

Locking this thread before it turns into even more of a mess.