An official investigation has been launched into charities in England and Wales donating funds to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. The Charity Commission will aim to establish the amount of charitable funds going to illegal settlements, whether the spending was in furtherance of their purposes and any regulatory action that may be necessary. The Metropolitan police’s war crimes unit has said that it is not currently investigating any charities in relation to donations to illegal settlements. The Charity Commission must investigate them as well and move quickly to stamp out this behaviour altogether. “Funding illegal Israeli settlements is extremist activity linked to the violence and dispossession of Palestinians and bears no relation to charitable activity.”