A Jewish aid group was stripped of charitable status for providing indirect aid to Israeli Defence Forces, Access To Information records show. Ne’eman Foundation Canada of Thornhill, Ont. argued it helped individual ex-military and that national service was an inseparable part of Israeli life.

“While increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of Canada’s armed forces is charitable, supporting the armed forces of another country is not,” wrote auditors at the Canada Revenue Agency. The Ne’eman Foundation and a separate charity, the Jewish National Fund of Montréal, were both deregistered last August 10 on complaints they had breached the Income Tax Act.

The Jewish National Fund challenged its ruling in Federal Court. The Ne’eman Foundation did not publicly comment.