‘The IRS: First they Came for the Tea Partiers, Then They Came for the Jews’

http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2013/05/11...-jewish-groups/

“Whoa: Did the IRS also target Jewish groups for ‘extra-special attention’?,” Twitchy asks:

The pro-Israel group Z STREET filed a lawsuit against the IRS in 2010, claiming an IRS agent said the organization would come under extra scrutiny because it’s “connected to Israel.”

In addition, the IRS agent told a Z STREET representative that the applications of some of those Israel-related organizations have been assigned to “a special unit in the D.C. office to determine whether the organization’s activities contradict the Administration’s public policies.”

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The Jewish Press reports:

The IRS even took the position that because Israel is a country “where terrorism happens,” the service was justified in taking additional time to determine whether Z STREET was involved with funding terrorism.

The first hearing in Z STREET v IRS is reportedly scheduled for July.