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How the Jewish National Fund abets U.S.-sanctioned settlers
Published by Mondoweiss, by Shaniyat Turani-Chowdhury, January 2025 Budget documents obtained by Mondoweiss show how the JNF supports the same violent Israeli settlers who were recently sanctioned by the Biden administration. Advocates say the organization itself should come under U.S. government scrutiny as well. For more than a century, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has…
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139 East Jerusalem Residents Discover Land They Live on Is Registered to the Jewish National Fund
Published by Haaretz, by Nir Hasson, October 2024 Residents of the Umm Tuba neighborhood discovered this when one applied to the Jerusalem municipality for a building permit on land he has lived on for decades. Despite the residents holding documents proving land ownership, the JNF could potentially seek their eviction 139 East Jerusalem residents recently…
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A New Eviction Threat and Advancement of Settlements in Sheikh Jarrah and Um Tuba
Published by Ir Amim, August 2025 On Thursday August 7, settler activists submitted a request for a building permit. If granted, the planned construction will result in the eviction of a Palestinian family in Sheikh Jarrah. In addition, last week the District Committee published two decisions advancing settlement projects in Palestinian neighborhoods: an Ultra-Orthodox dormitory…
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From land registry (Tabo) to notices: The Abu Teir family’s legal battle to protect their land in Jerusalem
Published on SilwanIC, August 2025 On the southern slopes of Jerusalem, the Abu Teir family faces one of the most dangerous attempts at forced displacement, after their ancestral land was transformed into a declared settlement project. The 64-dunom area houses more than 200 people, spread across 17 buildings containing 35 apartments, all of which were…
