A charity bingo hall in one of California’s poorest towns run as not-for-profit operation supports many charitable causes in the local community and around the world but the majority of the donations made by this charity bingo hall funds Jewish settlements on Palestinian land in some of the most sensitive areas of occupied East Jerusalem.

Hawaiian Gardens’ charity bingo hall on the outskirts of Los Angeles is owned by an American Jewish doctor and millionaire, Irving Moskowitz who built a fortune buying and selling hospitals. As the UIGEA affects bingo sites, land based bingo halls in the US have various restrictions on their operations too. Under California law where the Hawaiian Gardens’ charity bingo hall is located, bingo halls can only be run as not-for-profit operations. Moskowitz brought the Hawaiian Gardens’ charity bingo hall under the wing of his own charitable foundation.

The foundation has made donations to a number of local groups, such as the Hawaiian Gardens’ food bank, as well as scholarships for local children. It has also given money for disaster relief in Central America, Kosovo and parts of the US but tax returns show that the bulk of the donations go towards “charitable support” for an array of organisations in Israel. Over the past 20 years the Hawaiian Gardens’ charity bingo hall foundation has given Jewish settlers well over £100m in donations.

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