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{{short description|UK Chabad-linked charity and company funding disabled children in the Zionist entity}}
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{{Infobox organization
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| name            = HabAid
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| formation        = 15 August 2008
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| type            = Registered charity and limited company
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| registration    = Charity number 1126069; Company number 06674416
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| headquarters    = Handel House, 95 High Street, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 7DB
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| purpose          = Raising funds for charities supporting disabled and disadvantaged children in the Zionist entity, UK and elsewhere
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| known_for        = Support for Zionist settler-colony children's causes and links to [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] networks
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}}
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'''HabAid''' (full legal name [[HabAid]], formerly [[Habad Children Aid Society]]) is a United Kingdom-based registered charity (number 1126069) and private limited company (number 06674416) closely linked to the [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] movement. It raises funds to support charities whose primary purpose is helping disabled and disadvantaged children in the Zionist entity and the UK.<ref name="CCOverview">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4041445/charity-overview HABAID - Charity 1126069] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref> The organisation was incorporated on 15 August 2008 and changed its name from [[Habad Children Aid Society]] on 28 August 2013.<ref name="CompaniesHouse">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416 HABAID] ''Companies House'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref>
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HabAid has been criticised for its support of Zionist causes, including funding projects in the illegal settler colony and links to bringing Israeli soldiers to the UK.<ref name="PressTV">Press TV, [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/03/752369/meet-zionist-charity-brought-over-5000-israeli-war-criminals-britain Meet the Zionist charity that has brought over 5,000 Israeli war criminals to Britain] ''Press TV'', 3 August 2025.</ref>
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== Trustees ==
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As of 31 March 2026 the charity has three trustees.<ref name="CCTrustees">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4041445/trustees HABAID - Charity 1126069 Trustees] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Current trustees of [[HabAid]]
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|-
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! Name !! Role !! Date appointed
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| [[Jonathan Adrian Castle]] || Trustee || 1 May 2018
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|-
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| [[Harry Jonathan Daniel]] || Trustee || (prior to 2018)
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| [[Lane Gary Bednash]] FCA FIPA || Trustee (Chairman) || (prior to 2018)
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|}
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== Directors and company officers ==
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[[HabAid]] Limited (company number 06674416) has the following directors and officers.<ref name="CompaniesOfficers">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416/officers Officers of HABAID] ''Companies House'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Current and former directors/officers of [[HabAid]] Limited
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! Name !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Notes
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| [[Harry Jonathan Daniel]] || Director & Secretary || 15 August 2008 (Secretary) / 10 November 2009 (Director) || Active || British
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| [[Lane Gary Bednash]] || Director || 15 August 2008 || Active || British, FCA FIPA
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| [[Jonathan Adrian Castle]] || Director || 1 May 2018 || Active || British
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| [[Gerald Abrahams]] || Director || 15 August 2008 || 10 November 2009 || Resigned
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| [[Ian Joseph Crooke]] || Director || 15 August 2008 || 26 November 2013 || Resigned
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|-
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| [[Rowel Gabriel Genn]] || Director || 17 January 2012 || 8 March 2018 || Resigned
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| [[Temple Secretaries Limited]] || Secretary || 15 August 2008 || 15 August 2008 || Resigned same day
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|}
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== Supported charities and projects ==
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[[HabAid]] funds a range of organisations, many focused on disabled children in the Zionist entity.<ref name="HabAidArchive">HabAid archived website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20241105092418/https://www.habaid.org/ HabAid homepage] ''Wayback Machine'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Charities and projects supported by [[HabAid]]
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|-
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! Organisation !! Location !! Focus
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| [[Alumim Orphanage]] || Ukraine || Orphanage support
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| [[Food For Kids]] || UK / Zionist entity || Disadvantaged children
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|-
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| [[Forgotten People's Fund]] || Zionist entity || Disadvantaged children
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|-
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| [[Gesher]] || Zionist entity || Disabled children
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|-
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| [[Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled]] || Zionist entity || Disabled children
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|-
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| [[Karmiel Children's Village]] || Zionist entity || Disadvantaged children
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| [[Langdon Football Club]] || UK || Children's team sponsorship
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|-
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| [[My Israel]] || Zionist entity || Children's projects
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|-
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| [[Orr Shalom]] || Zionist entity || Disadvantaged children
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|-
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| [[Otzma (Strength) Holiday Camps]] || Zionist entity || Holiday camps for children
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|-
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| [[Zaka Dog Rescue]] || UK / Zionist entity || Rescue and support
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| [[Zichron Menachem]] || Zionist entity || Disabled children
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|}
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== Ex-trustees and notable figures ==
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'''[[Leon Leboff]]''' – Former Vice-President and past Chairman of [[HabAid]]. He is also a trustee of the [[British Friends of the 'Israeli' War Disabled Trust]] (BFIWD), a charity supporting war disabled veterans of the Zionist entity’s armed forces.<ref name="PressTV" />
  
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== See also ==
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[[Chabad-Lubavitch movement]]
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[[British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled Trust]]
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[[Colel Chabad Lubavitch Foundation of Israel]]
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== References ==
  
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[[Category:Chabad-Lubavitch organisations]]
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[[Category:Charities in the United Kingdom]]
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[[Category:Zionist organisations in the United Kingdom]]
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[[Category:Supporters of the Zionist entity]]

Revision as of 14:34, 1 April 2026

UK Chabad-linked charity and company funding disabled children in the Zionist entity

HabAid

Type Registered charity and limited company
Headquarters Handel House, 95 High Street, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 7DB
Registration Charity number 1126069; Company number 06674416


HabAid (full legal name HabAid, formerly Habad Children Aid Society) is a United Kingdom-based registered charity (number 1126069) and private limited company (number 06674416) closely linked to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. It raises funds to support charities whose primary purpose is helping disabled and disadvantaged children in the Zionist entity and the UK.[1] The organisation was incorporated on 15 August 2008 and changed its name from Habad Children Aid Society on 28 August 2013.[2]

HabAid has been criticised for its support of Zionist causes, including funding projects in the illegal settler colony and links to bringing Israeli soldiers to the UK.[3]

Trustees

As of 31 March 2026 the charity has three trustees.[4]


Current trustees of HabAid
Name Role Date appointed
Jonathan Adrian Castle Trustee 1 May 2018
Harry Jonathan Daniel Trustee (prior to 2018)
Lane Gary Bednash FCA FIPA Trustee (Chairman) (prior to 2018)

Directors and company officers

HabAid Limited (company number 06674416) has the following directors and officers.[5]

Chabad
Overview

Chabad-Lubavitch movement | Chabad-Lubavitch timeline | Hasidism | Lubavitch

Rebbes

Shneur Zalman of Liadi | Dovber Schneuri | Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (Tzemach Tzedek) | Shmuel Schneersohn | Shalom Dovber Schneersohn | Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn | Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Ideology and texts

Tanya | Torah Or | Likutei Torah | Imrei Binah | Basi LeGani | Hayom Yom | Igrot Kodesh | Likkutei Sichos | Chabad messianism

History

Crown Heights riot | Schneerson library case | Ohel (Chabad)

Leading figures

Yehuda Krinsky | Berel Lazar | Moshe Reuven Azman | Yitzchak Ginsburgh | Shmuel Butman | Shmuley Boteach (former)

Institutions

770 Eastern Parkway | Agudas Chasidei Chabad | Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch | Machne Israel | Kehot Publication Society | Chabad.org | Tzeirei Agudat Chabad | Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia | Jewish Children's Museum | Tzivos Hashem

Outreach

Chabad House | Chabad on Campus | Chabad emissaries | Mitzvah campaigns

Controversies

Crown Heights riot | Chabad messianism | Yitzchak Ginsburgh | Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva | Torat Hamelekh (The King's Torah) | Hilltop Youth | Chabad and Israeli politics | Berel Lazar and the Kremlin | Schneerson library case | Chabad abuse cases | Kapparot / Eruv / public menorahs | Chabad and Trump | Chabad and fraud | Chabad and Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine

Chabad Lubavitch of Russia | Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia | Berel Lazar | Berel Lazar and the Kremlin | Russian oligarchs and Chabad | Adolf Shayevich | Schneerson library case | Chabad Lubavitch of Ukraine | Chabad and Ukraine | Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine | United Jewish Community of Ukraine | Shmuel Kaminezki | Menorah Centre (Dnipro) | Odesa Chabad | Moshe Reuven Azman | Uman

The Americas

Chabad-Lubavitch | Chabad/Lubavitch non profits in the US | Chabad Lubavitch of USA | Chabad Lubavitch of Canada | Chabad Lubavitch of Argentina | Chabad Lubavitch of Brazil | Chabad Lubavitch of Caribbean | Chabad Lubavitch of Mexico | Chabad Lubavitch of Panama | Chabad Lubavitch of Costa Rica | Chabad Lubavitch of Ecuador | Chabad Lubavitch of Guatemala | Chabad Lubavitch of Paraguay | Chabad Lubavitch of Uruguay | Chabad Lubavitch of Chile | Chabad Lubavitch of Peru | Chabad Lubavitch of Venezuela | Chabad Lubavitch of Colombia

In occupied Palestine

Chabad in occupied Palestine | Kfar Chabad | Colel Chabad | Or Simcha Yeshiva | Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira | Yosef Elitzur | Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi | Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi | Yitzchak Ginsburgh | Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva

In the UK

Chabad Lubavitch in the UK - Chabad-Lubavitch UK | Chabad Lubavitch of Scotland | Chabad-Lubavitch centres in London | Lubavitch in the Midlands | Lubavitch House | Tzivos Hashem UK | Oxford University L'Chaim Society | HabAid | Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited | Chabad Lubavitch Bricket Wood & Districts | Chabad Lubavitch Brighton | Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex Limited | Chabad Lubavitch (Bowdon, charity 1128933) | Chabad Lubavitch in Greater Manchester

In Scotland

The Shul in The Park/Shul in the Park (Scotland) | Chabad of Edinburgh/Chabad Lubavitch of Edinburgh Limited | Lubavitch of Scotland/Friends Of Lubavitch Scotland | L'Chaim's (Giffnock) Ltd/L'Chaim's Kosher Catering Limited/L'Chaim's Restaurant Ltd

In West Asia and North Africa

Chabad-Lubavitch in West Asia (overview) | Chabad in occupied Palestine | Chabad Lubavitch of Morocco | Chabad Lubavitch of Tunisia | Chabad of the United Arab Emirates | Chabad Lubavitch of Bahrain | Chabad Lubavitch of Turkey | Chabad Lubavitch of Iran | Chabad Lubavitch of Saudi Arabia | Chabad Lubavitch of Kuwait | Chabad Lubavitch of Jordan | Chabad Lubavitch of Armenia | Chabad Lubavitch of Cyprus | Chabad Lubavitch of North Cyprus | Chabad Lubavitch of Azerbaijan | Chabad Lubavitch of Georgia
Visits only: Egypt | Iraq | Lebanon | Libya | Oman | Qatar | Syria

Europe

Chabad Lubavitch of Russia | Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia | Chabad Lubavitch of France | Chabad Lubavitch in the UK | Chabad Lubavitch of Ukraine | Chabad Lubavitch of Germany | Chabad Lubavitch of Italy | Chabad Lubavitch of Netherlands | Chabad Lubavitch of Austria | Chabad Lubavitch of Switzerland | Chabad Lubavitch of Belarus | Chabad Lubavitch of Hungary | Chabad Lubavitch of Spain | Chabad Albania | Chabad Lubavitch of Cyprus | Chabad Lubavitch of North Cyprus | Chabad Lubavitch of Turkey | Chabad Lubavitch of Belgium | Chabad Lubavitch of Greece | Chabad Lubavitch of Croatia | Chabad Lubavitch of Bulgaria | Chabad Lubavitch of Finland | Chabad Lubavitch of Iceland | Chabad Lubavitch of Ireland | Chabad Lubavitch of Latvia | Chabad Lubavitch of Luxembourg | Chabad Lubavitch of Malta | Chabad Lubavitch of Moldova | Chabad Lubavitch of Monaco | Chabad Lubavitch of Andorra | Chabad Lubavitch of Montenegro | Chabad Lubavitch of Norway | Chabad Lubavitch of Portugal | Chabad Lubavitch of Serbia | Chabad Lubavitch of Lithuania | Chabad Lubavitch of Poland | Chabad Lubavitch of Romania | Chabad Lubavitch of Slovakia | Chabad Lubavitch of Czech Republic | Chabad Lubavitch of Denmark | Chabad Lubavitch of Estonia | Crimea | Chabad Lubavitch of Sweden
Visits only: Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kosovo | Slovenia

Asia and Australia

Chabad Lubavitch of Australia | Chabad Lubavitch of China | Chabad Lubavitch of Thailand | Chabad Lubavitch of India | Chabad Lubavitch of Nepal | Chabad Lubavitch of New Zealand | Chabad Lubavitch of Cambodia | Chabad Lubavitch of Korea | Chabad Lubavitch of Kyrgyzstan | Chabad Lubavitch of Laos | Chabad Lubavitch of Singapore | Chabad Lubavitch of Taiwan | Chabad Lubavitch of New Caledonia | Chabad Lubavitch of Vietnam | Chabad Lubavitch of Japan | Chabad Lubavitch of Hong Kong | Chabad Lubavitch of Kazakhstan | Chabad Lubavitch of Uzbekistan | Chabad Lubavitch of the Philippines | Chabad Lubavitch of Sri Lanka | Chabad Lubavitch of Myanmar

In Sub-Saharan Africa

Chabad Lubavitch of Angola | Congo (DRC) | Congo (Republic) | Chabad Lubavitch of Ethiopia | Chabad Lubavitch of Ghana | Chabad Lubavitch of Ivory Coast | Chabad Lubavitch of Kenya | Chabad Lubavitch of Mauritius | Chabad Lubavitch of Namibia | Chabad Lubavitch of Nigeria | Chabad Lubavitch of Rwanda | Chabad Lubavitch of Senegal | Chabad Lubavitch of South Africa | Chabad Lubavitch of Tanzania | Chabad Lubavitch of Uganda | Chabad Lubavitch of Zambia
Visits only: Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Sierra Leone

Current and former directors/officers of HabAid Limited
Name Role Appointed Resigned Notes
Harry Jonathan Daniel Director & Secretary 15 August 2008 (Secretary) / 10 November 2009 (Director) Active British
Lane Gary Bednash Director 15 August 2008 Active British, FCA FIPA
Jonathan Adrian Castle Director 1 May 2018 Active British
Gerald Abrahams Director 15 August 2008 10 November 2009 Resigned
Ian Joseph Crooke Director 15 August 2008 26 November 2013 Resigned
Rowel Gabriel Genn Director 17 January 2012 8 March 2018 Resigned
Temple Secretaries Limited Secretary 15 August 2008 15 August 2008 Resigned same day

Supported charities and projects

HabAid funds a range of organisations, many focused on disabled children in the Zionist entity.[6]

Charities and projects supported by HabAid
Organisation Location Focus
Alumim Orphanage Ukraine Orphanage support
Food For Kids UK / Zionist entity Disadvantaged children
Forgotten People's Fund Zionist entity Disadvantaged children
Gesher Zionist entity Disabled children
Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled Zionist entity Disabled children
Karmiel Children's Village Zionist entity Disadvantaged children
Langdon Football Club UK Children's team sponsorship
My Israel Zionist entity Children's projects
Orr Shalom Zionist entity Disadvantaged children
Otzma (Strength) Holiday Camps Zionist entity Holiday camps for children
Zaka Dog Rescue UK / Zionist entity Rescue and support
Zichron Menachem Zionist entity Disabled children

Ex-trustees and notable figures

Leon Leboff – Former Vice-President and past Chairman of HabAid. He is also a trustee of the British Friends of the 'Israeli' War Disabled Trust (BFIWD), a charity supporting war disabled veterans of the Zionist entity’s armed forces.[3]

See also

Chabad-Lubavitch movement British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled Trust Colel Chabad Lubavitch Foundation of Israel

References

  1. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, HABAID - Charity 1126069 Register of Charities, accessed 31 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Companies House, HABAID Companies House, accessed 31 March 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Press TV, Meet the Zionist charity that has brought over 5,000 Israeli war criminals to Britain Press TV, 3 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, HABAID - Charity 1126069 Trustees Register of Charities, accessed 31 March 2026.
  5. ↑ Companies House, Officers of HABAID Companies House, accessed 31 March 2026.
  6. ↑ HabAid archived website, HabAid homepage Wayback Machine, accessed 31 March 2026.
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