Palestinians and their allies in Vancouver protested across the street from Schara Tzadek synagogue, where the Jewish National Fund was holding its annual gala on Sunday, June 9, 2013; this year, the banquet honoured the Israeli military, featuring guest speaker Brigadier General Avigdor Kahalani and the \”IDF Chorus\” as entertainment.
Media releases
Charity Commission to investigate whether JNF racial discrimination is lawful
by admin • May 20, 2013
Stop the JNF Media Release 20 May 2013 On March 21st the Stop the JNF campaign made an application to the Charity Commission for the removal of Jewish National Fund charities from the UK register of charities. The application gave…
Reports
Palestine activists call on Netherlands prince to disassociate from JNF water project
by admin • April 22, 2013
By Adri Nieuwhof, Electronic Intifada 18 April 2013 Palestinian boycott activists are calling on the Netherlands’ Prince Willem-Alexander to reconsider his decision to lend his name to a water project undertaken by the Jewish National Fund Netherlands in the Naqab/Negev…
Action alert, International alerts
Petition: No support of the Jewish National Fund by the SPD!
by de admin • March 31, 2013
On Tuesday, 16 April 2013, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) will make a present for Israel’s 65th Day of Foundation. The SPD has already called for donations for a “Forest of the SPD” for months. The money for…
Action alert
Solidarity with Palestinian resistance on Land Day
by admin • March 30, 2013
30 March 2013 Stop the JNF UK On 30 March 1976, thousands of Palestinians living as a minority in Israel mounted a general strike and organised protests against Israeli government plans to expropriate almost 15,000 acres of Palestinian land in…
The Prawer Plan
Baladna infographic on the racist Prawer Plan
by admin • March 29, 2013
To mark the 37th anniversary of Land Day, the Baladna Association for Arab Youth has released an infographic poster about the racist Prawer Plan which aims at the confiscation of the lands and the displacement of the Arab Bedouins in…
Reports
BDS activists protest the Jewish National Fund in Philadelphia
by admin • March 23, 2013
by Susan Landau, Philly BDS Original posting on Modoweiss “Ethnic cleansing is a crime – justice now in Palestine!” Chanting with great energy and exuberance, the Philadelphia Coalition for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel (Philly BDS) was once again…
Action alert
Letter to the Internal Revenue Service challenging the JNF’s tax-exempt status in the United States
by admin • March 23, 2013
In the United States, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) may grant federal tax-exempt status to certain organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for exempt purposes such as, among others, charitable, religious or educational purposes. Just as the IRS grants, so…
Reports
Protest at Charity Commission offices
by admin • March 22, 2013
On Thursday 21st March, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Palestine solidarity activists handed over a copy of the Stop the JNF application to the Charity Commission to remove JNF UK charities from the register. Liverpool On Thursday 21st…
Media releases
Israel charity registration shows Charity Commission ‘failed to protect public interest’
by admin • March 22, 2013
MEDIA RELEASE Israel charity registration shows Charity Commission ‘failed to protect public interest’ 22 March 2013 Human rights campaigners have accused the Charity Commission of failing to protect the public interest by allowing the charity status of JNF UK to…