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Israel-backing charity under investigation for calling export licence suspensions ‘obscene’
Smoke rises between buildings after an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, November 15, 2024

A CHARITY is under investigation for saying the suspension of 30 export licences to Israel was “obscene.”

The Charity Commission revealed that it is assessing a blogpost by the Campaign for Antisemitism (CAA) in a response to a complaint by former shadow chancellor John McDonnell.

The left MP last month wrote to the commission complaining that the CAA is “engaged in highly political and contentious public attacks on the government and individual government ministers.

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