Tax-exempt Status
The Israel Tax Authority denied the Peres Center's request for tax-exempt status in Israel. According to Haaretz, after the center applied for the tax-exempt status the Tax Authority demanded that the organization stop funding the training of the physicians from the Gaza Strip in Israeli hospitals. The demand led the organization to suspend its application rather than stop the project.
The Peres Center for Peace has tax-exempt status in the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy.
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