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An Israeli legal organization with reported ties to the Mossad intelligence agency is pushing for a criminal investigation and financial restrictions against The Maple, the Canadian news outlet reported Wednesday.
Shurat HaDin announced on Jan. 25 via social media that it had "issued urgent legal notices to Stripe, Apple Pay and all major credit card networks demanding they cut off services" to The Maple, according to the outlet's report.
The organization, which describes its mission on its website as "bankrupting terrorism one lawsuit at a time," also sent letters to the Toronto police chief, the Ontario Provincial Police commissioner and Ontario's attorney general calling for a criminal probe and urging authorities to shut down the website, Israeli media reported.
Shurat HaDin founder Nitsana Darshan-Leitner told The Canadian Jewish News that even opening an investigation could "serve as an alert, as a red flag for others" and discourage similar projects.
The Maple has published investigations into Canadian arms sales to Israel and built a database listing more than 200 Canadians who joined the Israeli military, drawing on publicly available information.
Shurat HaDin has previously filed lawsuits against the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and Al Jazeera and has targeted supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Darshan-Leitner has publicly acknowledged that Mossad provided information to support the group's activities, The Maple stated.
Citing a Reuters report, the outlet said she had regular briefings with the Israeli intelligence agency in 2017, and a 2007 US diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks indicated the organization received guidance from Israeli government officials in its early years.
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