On November 15, 2025, the Canada Revenue Agency revoked the charitable status of Herut Canada Charitable Foundation (business number 714293479RR0001 and also known as Magen Herut Canada or Herut Canada).

The CRA does not provide extensive details on revocations in the Canada Gazette, but did cite three Income Tax Act provisions as the basis of revocation. 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 (full provisions are included at the bottom of this post).

We welcome this news after making two submissions to the CRA requesting an audit, and community members sending 19,282 letters. Also included in one of these complaints to the CRA was Shomrim Toronto, another Zionist paramilitary group.

Who is Herut Canada?

Herut Canada, based in Dorval, QC, was initially registered as a charity in January 2021. Herut’s roots are with the pre-Israeli state Irgun terror group. 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. They market themselves as a proud Zionist organization, as evidenced by 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 and support the right of Jewish communities to live and thrive throughout Israel, including in Judea and Samaria.” Judea and Samaria are references to the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. This violates domestic and international law, as well as Canadian public policy. 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 continues to offer tax receipts.

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 recently descended on the University of Toronto to intimidate opponents of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. MHC offers free workshops of Krav Maga, a 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 claims “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 our tax-subsidized dollars to do it. 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). The CRA must end the Canada to Israel charity pipeline.

Full CRA Provisions

Section 168

(1) The Minister may, by registered mail, give notice to a person described in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition qualified donee in subsection 149.1(1) that the Minister proposes to revoke its registration if the person

• (b) ceases to comply with the requirements of this Act for its registration;
• (e) fails to comply with or contravenes any of sections 230 to 231.5; or

Section 149.1

(4) The Minister may, in the manner described in section 168, revoke the registration of a private foundation for any reason described in subsection 168(1) or where the foundation

• (a) carries on any business;
• (b) fails to expend in any taxation year, on charitable activities carried on by it and by way of gifts made by it that are qualifying disbursements, amounts the total of which is at least equal to the foundation’s disbursement quota for that year;
• (b.1) makes a disbursement, other than
  • (i) a disbursement made in the course of charitable activities carried on by it, or
  • (ii) a qualifying disbursement;
• (c) has, in respect of a class of shares of the capital stock of a corporation, a divestment obligation percentage at the end of any taxation year;
• (d) since June 1, 1950, incurred debts, other than debts for current operating expenses, debts incurred in connection with the purchase and sale of investments and debts incurred in the course of administering charitable activities.