AN international funds transfer company has apologised after a Jewish Australian businessman was told he could not send money to an educational institution in Israel “due to its involvement with the IDF”.
The businessman, who has an account with World First, asked the company to transfer money to BINA because his daughter is studying there.
“Apologies but my compliance team has informed me that we won’t be able to pay this beneficiary due to its involvement with the IDF,” a World First dealer responded.
The businessman said he was shocked by the response. “I am from Israel, I served in the IDF and for them to paint it like a terrorist organisation made me feel very bad,” he told The AJN.
“I feel discriminated against because they made it like the IDF isn’t genuine.”
Read the report by Joshua Levi in the Australian Jewish News.