Category: UK
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“Meet Avraham Duvdevani, the dedicated settler advocate now in charge of the Jewish National Fund” by Lewis Backon.
Duvdevani has spent his long career supporting illegal Israeli settlements and promoting Palestinian dispossession. In his new role as global chairperson of the Jewish National Fund, he will be doing much the same. (Mondoweiss December 1st 2020) After an unusually fierce debate within key Zionist institutions, the World Zionist Organisation (WZO) has officially…
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Open Letter to Charity Commission Directors
Dear Member of the Board I am writing to you as a director of the Charity Commission. There is a major scandal brewing concerning the Charity Commission and I assume that you know little or nothing about it, or you would have acted. The Board of the Charity Commission has the duty of protecting its…
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“Jewish National Fund works hand in glove with Israeli military” – Greg Dropkin
The following article appeared first in the Electronic Intifada, July 20th 2020 The Bedouin village of al-Araqib has been repeatedly destroyed to make way for a Jewish National Fund forest. Image courtesy of Oren Ziv ActiveStills The Jewish National Fund promotes itself as the “oldest green organization in the world.” By running social and environmental projects,…
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Statement on Court Decision on Sumarin Family Eviction
On Tuesday 30th June, an Israeli court ruled that the ownership of the Sumarin family home in Silwan, East Jerusalem, was legally transferred to Israeli state under the discredited Absentees’ Property Law, and that the eviction notice against the family was therefore valid. Further, the court ruled that if the family did not leave the…
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Write to your MP to prevent the expulsion of the Sumarin family: ask them to contact the FCO and sign EDM 529
URGENT: the Jewish National Fund (JNF) is trying to evict a Palestinian family from their East Jerusalem home. We have made it simple for you to write to your MP to exert pressure on Israel to support the Sumarin family. EDM 529: Eviction of Palestinian family from East Jerusalem That this House strongly condemns the…
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UCU Scotland condemns Israel war criminal visit to London JNF
The 2014 Annual Congress of the University and College Union Scotland Congress (UCU Scotland) today voted unanimously to condemn the planned visit by Israeli war criminal Tzipi Livni. The Israeli politician was given a rare diplomatic passport by the UK Government in 2011 specifically to protect her from the risk of arrest and prosecution for…
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Stop the JNF UK Regional Workshops
Eurig Scandrett on the FoEI Report ‘Environmental Nakba’ – the catastrophic impact on Palestinians of Israel’s occupation, colonisation, and apartheid & Film premiere of Enduring Roots: Over a Century of Resistance to the JNF (35 minutes) followed by Director’s Q&A from the US and discussion Advance notice: we are seeking endorsements for the following meetings…