Category: Media releases
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Media release: Protests at charity invitation to Israeli Foreign Minister
22 May 2012 Stop the JNF Campaign UK Protests are expected this evening at a Jewish National Fund (JNF) event that has controversial Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as guest speaker. The JNF failed in its efforts to keep the venue secret. Terry Gallogly, of the UK Stop the JNF Campaign, said that the secrecy…
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Media Release: STUC deals another blow to Israel ‘charity’ accused of human rights violations
25 April 2012 Stop the JNF Campaign UK The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) today added to the increasing number of organisations denouncing what has been labelled the discriminatory nature of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and its practices in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories[i]. The STUC resolution follows a similar motion passed overwhelmingly…
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Media Release: Israel ‘charity’ accused of racism suffers another blow
27 February 2012 Stop the JNF Campaign UK The Jewish National Fund (JNF), a British charity implicated in human rights violations in Israel, received yet another blow when Green Party of England and Wales members voted overwhelmingly to support an international call for action against JNF practices in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and…
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Israel charity ‘on the retreat’ say Palestine campaigners
11 November 2011 Stop the JNF Campaign Activists campaigning for equal rights of all citizens inside Israel claim the Jewish National Fund (JNF) is “on the retreat” since they are holding their 110th anniversary event at a secret location in London this weekend for fear of protests. Tom Evans of the Stop the JNF Campaign…
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Scottish Green Party reject ‘green’ claims of charity involved in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
31 October 2011 Stop the JNF Campaign The Scottish Green Party, yesterday condemned the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a British charity implicated in human rights violations in Israel. At its annual conference in Aberdeen, delegates unanimously supported a motion against the JNF and called for its charitable status to be revoked. In May of this…
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Cameron drops Israel ‘racist’ charity
27 May 2011 Stop the JNF Campaign: Media Release Prime Minister David Cameron has quietly terminated his status as an Honorary Patron of the controversial Jewish National Fund (JNF). His office confirmed he had “stepped down”. For many years leaders of all three main political parties became Honorary Patrons of the JNF by convention. According…
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Environmental claim of Israel charity slammed following news of Cameron’s resignation
30 May 2011 Stop the JNF Campaign: Media Release At the weekend, another major blow was received by the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a UK registered charity with links to Israeli state agencies. Members of Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES) voted unanimously to endorse an international call against the JNF. This comes after last…