Criticize Israel? Lose your nonprofit status.

If a bill recently passed by the House of Representatives became law, The Intercept could lose our tax-exempt nonprofit status just for publishing journalism about occupied Palestine.

All that would be required is for the next Treasury secretary — appointed by Donald Trump — to unilaterally designate us a “terrorist supporting organization.”

That’s not hard to imagine. Israel’s official spokesperson in the United States once labeled The Intercept an “anti-Israel propaganda pamphlet,” and AIPAC, which cheered the passage of this legislation, called us a “rabid anti-Israel fringe publication.”

There’s no time to waste. With Republicans about to take control of all three branches of the federal government, The Intercept needs to make sure we have the resources to fight back the Trump administration’s attacks on independent journalism.

Will you chip in $5 and help make sure The Intercept can continue to challenge the pro-Israel consensus in U.S. media?

Under the nonprofit killer bill, targeted organizations would have little meaningful process for appeal once labeled as “terrorist supporting,” and no evidence of wrongdoing is required before action is taken.

Supporters of the bill, which is misleadingly titled the “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act,” claim it’s needed to block U.S.-based nonprofits from supporting terrorist groups like Hamas.

It is already illegal, however, for nonprofits or anyone else in the U.S. to provide material support to terrorist groups — and the federal government has means to enforce it, including through prosecution and sanctions. This bill would sidestep due processes.

This bill passed the House late last year but was never taken up in the Senate. However, there is a very real chance that it could be passed into law by the new Republican-controlled Congress and signed by Trump when he is sworn in later this month.

Will you donate $5 to help support the fearless, independent nonprofit journalism of The Intercept?

STAND WITH THE INTERCEPT →