Hashomer Hatzair (UK charity) - Revision history

Geography Bot: Split the youth-movement material out to Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement); unsourced lists removed; hatnote and See also updated

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Geography Bot: Geography Bot moved page Hashomer Hatzair to Hashomer Hatzair (UK charity): Disambiguation: the UK charity moves to a descriptive title; the plain title will list the charity, the youth movement and Kibbutz Artzi (per David)

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Geography Bot moved page Hashomer Hatzair to Hashomer Hatzair (UK charity): Disambiguation: the UK charity moves to a descriptive title; the plain title will list the charity, the youth movement and Kibbutz Artzi (per David)

Geography Bot: Hashomer Hatzair disambiguation: hatnote, See also and links to the youth movement (per David)

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Hashomer Hatzair disambiguation: hatnote, See also and links to the youth movement (per David)

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 {{short description|'''North London charitable company, linked to the Israeli youth movement of the same name, that holds a £2,000,000 investment property, leases its building to Yeladim until 2044 and makes an annual grant of "approximately £30,057" to Meretz UK'''}}
 {{Infobox organization
 | name = Hashomer Hatzair
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 ===Associated===
 *[[Tony Benn]] | [[Greg Philo]]
-* '''[[Bernie Sanders]]''': The U.S. Senator and democratic socialist volunteered for several months in 1963 at [[Kibbutz Sha'ar HaAmakim]]. He traveled to Israel specifically as a guest of the [[Hashomer Hatzair]] movement.<ref>Yossi Melman, [https://www.jta.org/2016/02/05/politics/sanders-in-1990-named-the-kibbutz-were-he-stayed-in-the-early-1960s Mystery solved: Sanders volunteered at kibbutz Shaar HaAmakim] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', February 5, 2016.</ref>
+* '''[[Bernie Sanders]]''': The U.S. Senator and democratic socialist volunteered for several months in 1963 at [[Kibbutz Sha'ar HaAmakim]]. He traveled to Israel specifically as a guest of the [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] movement.<ref>Yossi Melman, [https://www.jta.org/2016/02/05/politics/sanders-in-1990-named-the-kibbutz-were-he-stayed-in-the-early-1960s Mystery solved: Sanders volunteered at kibbutz Shaar HaAmakim] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', February 5, 2016.</ref>
-* '''[[Noam Chomsky]]''': The world-renowned linguist, anarchist, and left-wing activist heavily sympathized and worked with [[Hashomer Hatzair]] in his youth, though he never officially became a member. In 1953, he and his wife spent time living and working at [[Kibbutz HaZore'a]], a kibbutz co-founded by the movement.<ref>Noam Chomsky, [https://chomsky.info/20111107/ A portrait of Chomsky as a young Zionist] ''Chomsky.info'', November 7, 2011.</ref>
+* '''[[Noam Chomsky]]''': The world-renowned linguist, anarchist, and left-wing activist heavily sympathized and worked with [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] in his youth, though he never officially became a member. In 1953, he and his wife spent time living and working at [[Kibbutz HaZore'a]], a kibbutz co-founded by the movement.<ref>Noam Chomsky, [https://chomsky.info/20111107/ A portrait of Chomsky as a young Zionist] ''Chomsky.info'', November 7, 2011.</ref>
-* '''[[Bella Abzug]]''': The influential American feminist, civil rights lawyer, and left-wing U.S. Representative was a leader in the primary North American branch of [[Hashomer Hatzair]] during her youth.<ref name="JWA_ABZUG">Blanche Wiesen Cook, [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/abzug-bella Bella Abzug] ''Jewish Women's Archive'' (Encyclopedia), viewed 20 October 2026 ("Her Hebrew school teacher, Levi Soshuk, recruited her to a left-wing labor Zionist group, Ha-Shomer ha-Za'ir").</ref>
+* '''[[Bella Abzug]]''': The influential American feminist, civil rights lawyer, and left-wing U.S. Representative was a leader in the primary North American branch of [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] during her youth.<ref name="JWA_ABZUG">Blanche Wiesen Cook, [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/abzug-bella Bella Abzug] ''Jewish Women's Archive'' (Encyclopedia), viewed 20 October 2026 ("Her Hebrew school teacher, Levi Soshuk, recruited her to a left-wing labor Zionist group, Ha-Shomer ha-Za'ir").</ref>
-* '''[[Tony Cliff]]''' ([[Ygael Gluckstein]]) and his wife [[Chanie Rosenberg]]<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/chanie-rosenberg-obituary</ref>: The prominent British Trotskyist intellectual and founder of the [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|Socialist Workers Party]] (SWP) was raised in Palestine and was an active member of [[Hashomer Hatzair]] before breaking away to embrace revolutionary Marxism and anti-Zionism.<ref>Tony Cliff, [https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/2000/wtw/ch01.htm Tony Cliff: A World to Win] ''Marxists.org'', 2000 (detailing early Hashomer Hatzair involvement).</ref>
+* '''[[Tony Cliff]]''' ([[Ygael Gluckstein]]) and his wife [[Chanie Rosenberg]]<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/chanie-rosenberg-obituary</ref>: The prominent British Trotskyist intellectual and founder of the [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|Socialist Workers Party]] (SWP) was raised in Palestine and was an active member of [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] before breaking away to embrace revolutionary Marxism and anti-Zionism.<ref>Tony Cliff, [https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/2000/wtw/ch01.htm Tony Cliff: A World to Win] ''Marxists.org'', 2000 (detailing early Hashomer Hatzair involvement).</ref>
-* '''[[Ernest Mandel]]''': The famous Belgian Marxist theoretician, economist, and a primary leader of the Trotskyist [[Fourth International]] was a member of [[Hashomer Hatzair]] in his youth.
+* '''[[Ernest Mandel]]''': The famous Belgian Marxist theoretician, economist, and a primary leader of the Trotskyist [[Fourth International]] was a member of [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] in his youth.
-* '''[[Oliver Sacks]]''': The renowned British neurologist, leftist thinker, and author spent the summer of 1955 working at [[Kibbutz Ein HaShofet]], which was established by North American and European [[Hashomer Hatzair]] graduates.
+* '''[[Oliver Sacks]]''': The renowned British neurologist, leftist thinker, and author spent the summer of 1955 working at [[Kibbutz Ein HaShofet]], which was established by North American and European [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] graduates.
-* '''[[Abraham Leon]]''': The Belgian Jewish Marxist theoretician, famous for writing ''The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation'', was a major leader of [[Hashomer Hatzair]] in Belgium before converting to Trotskyism during World War II.
+* '''[[Abraham Leon]]''': The Belgian Jewish Marxist theoretician, famous for writing ''The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation'', was a major leader of [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] in Belgium before converting to Trotskyism during World War II.
 * '''[[Martin Monath]]''': A German Jewish socialist who was a member of the movement before moving to Belgium and France, where he organized high-level Trotskyist resistance against the Nazi occupation.
 * '''[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]''' and '''[[Simone de Beauvoir]]''': The iconic French existentialist philosophers visited Israel in 1967 and toured [[Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan]], engaging extensively with French-speaking members of the socialist kibbutz.
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 == List of Hashomer Hatzair kibbutzim ==
-The [[Hashomer Hatzair]] youth movement, through its associated [[Kibbutz Artzi]] federation (founded 1927), established approximately 75–85 kibbutzim in Mandatory Palestine and Israel.<ref name="EJ_KIBBUTZ_ARZI">Shaked Gilboa, [https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ha-kibbutz-ha-arzi-ha-shomer-ha-zair Ha-Kibbutz ha-Arzi ha-Shomer ha-Za'ir] ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' (2nd ed.), via Encyclopedia.com, viewed 20 October 2026 ("founded in 1927 ... In 1970, Ha-Kibbutz ha-Arẓi comprised 75 kibbutzim ... in the mid-1990s it numbered 85 kibbutzim").</ref><ref name="EJ_KIBBUTZ_ARZI" />
+The [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] youth movement, through its associated [[Kibbutz Artzi]] federation (founded 1927), established approximately 75–85 kibbutzim in Mandatory Palestine and Israel.<ref name="EJ_KIBBUTZ_ARZI">Shaked Gilboa, [https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ha-kibbutz-ha-arzi-ha-shomer-ha-zair Ha-Kibbutz ha-Arzi ha-Shomer ha-Za'ir] ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' (2nd ed.), via Encyclopedia.com, viewed 20 October 2026 ("founded in 1927 ... In 1970, Ha-Kibbutz ha-Arẓi comprised 75 kibbutzim ... in the mid-1990s it numbered 85 kibbutzim").</ref><ref name="EJ_KIBBUTZ_ARZI" />
 Notable kibbutzim founded or closely associated with the movement include:
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 Many of these were established in the 1920s–1950s by graduates of the movement from Europe and North America and formed the core of the [[Kibbutz Artzi]] federation, which later merged into the broader [[Kibbutz Movement]].<ref>History of Hashomer Hatzair USA, [https://campshomria.com/blogs/news/history-of-hashomer-hatzair-usa History of Hashomer Hatzair USA] ''Camp Shomria'', December 25, 2022.</ref>
 ==Resources==

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 {{Infobox organization
 | name = Hashomer Hatzair
 | type = Charitable company
 | registration_id = Registered charity 1159336; company 08978316
-| founded = 2014-11-25 (registered)
+| founded = {{Start date|2014|11|25}} (registered)
 | headquarters = London N19
 | area_served = Throughout London, Israel, Jordan

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 * '''[[Bernie Sanders]]''': The U.S. Senator and democratic socialist volunteered for several months in 1963 at [[Kibbutz Sha'ar HaAmakim]]. He traveled to Israel specifically as a guest of the [[Hashomer Hatzair]] movement.<ref>Yossi Melman, [https://www.jta.org/2016/02/05/politics/sanders-in-1990-named-the-kibbutz-were-he-stayed-in-the-early-1960s Mystery solved: Sanders volunteered at kibbutz Shaar HaAmakim] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', February 5, 2016.</ref>
 * '''[[Noam Chomsky]]''': The world-renowned linguist, anarchist, and left-wing activist heavily sympathized and worked with [[Hashomer Hatzair]] in his youth, though he never officially became a member. In 1953, he and his wife spent time living and working at [[Kibbutz HaZore'a]], a kibbutz co-founded by the movement.<ref>Noam Chomsky, [https://chomsky.info/20111107/ A portrait of Chomsky as a young Zionist] ''Chomsky.info'', November 7, 2011.</ref>
-* '''[[Bella Abzug]]''': The influential American feminist, civil rights lawyer, and left-wing U.S. Representative was a leader in the primary North American branch of [[Hashomer Hatzair]] during her youth.<ref>Bella Abzug, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Abzug Bella Abzug] ''Wikipedia'', accessed May 2026 (citing her early membership in Hashomer Hatzair).</ref>
+* '''[[Bella Abzug]]''': The influential American feminist, civil rights lawyer, and left-wing U.S. Representative was a leader in the primary North American branch of [[Hashomer Hatzair]] during her youth.<ref name="JWA_ABZUG">Blanche Wiesen Cook, [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/abzug-bella Bella Abzug] ''Jewish Women's Archive'' (Encyclopedia), viewed 20 October 2026 ("Her Hebrew school teacher, Levi Soshuk, recruited her to a left-wing labor Zionist group, Ha-Shomer ha-Za'ir").</ref>
 * '''[[Tony Cliff]]''' ([[Ygael Gluckstein]]) and his wife [[Chanie Rosenberg]]<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/chanie-rosenberg-obituary</ref>: The prominent British Trotskyist intellectual and founder of the [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|Socialist Workers Party]] (SWP) was raised in Palestine and was an active member of [[Hashomer Hatzair]] before breaking away to embrace revolutionary Marxism and anti-Zionism.<ref>Tony Cliff, [https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/2000/wtw/ch01.htm Tony Cliff: A World to Win] ''Marxists.org'', 2000 (detailing early Hashomer Hatzair involvement).</ref>
 * '''[[Ernest Mandel]]''': The famous Belgian Marxist theoretician, economist, and a primary leader of the Trotskyist [[Fourth International]] was a member of [[Hashomer Hatzair]] in his youth.
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 == List of Hashomer Hatzair kibbutzim ==
-The [[Hashomer Hatzair]] youth movement, through its associated [[Kibbutz Artzi]] federation (founded 1927), established approximately 75–85 kibbutzim in Mandatory Palestine and Israel.<ref>Hashomer Hatzair, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashomer_Hatzair Hashomer Hatzair] ''Wikipedia'', accessed May 2026.</ref><ref>Kibbutz Movement, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz_Artzi Kibbutz Artzi] ''Wikipedia'', accessed May 2026.</ref>
+The [[Hashomer Hatzair]] youth movement, through its associated [[Kibbutz Artzi]] federation (founded 1927), established approximately 75–85 kibbutzim in Mandatory Palestine and Israel.<ref name="EJ_KIBBUTZ_ARZI">Shaked Gilboa, [https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ha-kibbutz-ha-arzi-ha-shomer-ha-zair Ha-Kibbutz ha-Arzi ha-Shomer ha-Za'ir] ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' (2nd ed.), via Encyclopedia.com, viewed 20 October 2026 ("founded in 1927 ... In 1970, Ha-Kibbutz ha-Arẓi comprised 75 kibbutzim ... in the mid-1990s it numbered 85 kibbutzim").</ref><ref name="EJ_KIBBUTZ_ARZI" />
 Notable kibbutzim founded or closely associated with the movement include:
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 | website = hashomer.org.uk
 }}
-'''[[Hashomer Hatzair]]''' (in the UK) is a charitable company (08978316) registered with the [[Charity Commission]] on 25 November 2014; its registered office is in London N19.<ref name="FP_HH">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/full-print Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CH_HH">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316 HASHOMER HATZAIR (08978316)] ''Find and update company information'', overview and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316/officers officers], viewed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/accounts-and-annual-returns Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its website says that "Founded in 1971, Hashomer Hatzair UK upkeeps a link with the Israeli youth movement of Hasomer Hatzair".<ref name="HH_ABOUT">Hashomer Hatzair UK, [https://www.hashomer.org.uk/about-us/ About us] ''hashomer.org.uk'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> Its objects are education, "in particular in relation to Jewish Values, history and culture", and the "promotion of religious, cultural, social and racial harmony, in particular between Jewish and other peoples, with a particular focus on Jewish young people".<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 name the trustees as Pauline Rosalyn Levis, [[John Laurens Strawson (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|John Laurens Strawson]] (chair and company secretary), Deborah Helen Sacks, Lawrence Ross Joffe and [[Micha Drori (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Micha Drori]], with Alison Prager and Yehuda Erdman resigning on 16 March 2025; Companies House records Micha Drori as resident in Israel and shows Lawrence Ross Joffe and Pauline Rosalyn Levis as resigned.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="CH_HH" /> The charity gives "continuing regular support for the educational, cultural and social activities of [[Meretz UK]]", which promotes "harmonious relations between Jews and non-Jews in Britain, Israel and Palestine"; "The grant has remained at approximately £30,057 despite inflation", and the detailed accounts show grants to institutions of £30,058 (2024: £47,840).<ref name="ACC" /> The trustees say the charity's ability "to continue to operate and fund activities in Israel and the UK" has been due to its reserves; it "secured a lease agreement with Yeladim for the entire building, ensuring rental income is secured until 2044", and plans "to extend its support to WZO Education".<ref name="ACC" /> Income was £44,876 (2024: £37,567): rent of £36,870 and grants from other charities of £8,006; spending was £58,834, including legal and professional fees of £16,867, accountancy of £5,145 and trustees' travel and subsistence of £1,779; funds fell from £2,074,027 to £2,060,069, and the investment property is carried at £2,000,000 at the trustees' valuation.<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were examined by Jeremy Leboff FCCA of [[Sobell Rhodes]] LLP, Borehamwood, and signed by John Laurens Strawson on 16 January 2026.<ref name="ACC" />
+'''[[Hashomer Hatzair]]''' (in the UK) is a charitable company (08978316) registered with the [[Charity Commission]] on 25 November 2014; its registered office is in London N19.<ref name="FP_HH">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/full-print Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CH_HH">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316 HASHOMER HATZAIR (08978316)] ''Find and update company information'', overview and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316/officers officers], viewed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/accounts-and-annual-returns Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its website says that "Founded in 1971, Hashomer Hatzair UK upkeeps a link with the Israeli youth movement of Hasomer Hatzair".<ref name="HH_ABOUT">Hashomer Hatzair UK, [https://www.hashomer.org.uk/about-us/ About us] ''hashomer.org.uk'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> Its objects are education, "in particular in relation to Jewish Values, history and culture", and the "promotion of religious, cultural, social and racial harmony, in particular between Jewish and other peoples, with a particular focus on Jewish young people".<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 name the trustees as [[Pauline Rosalyn Levis (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Pauline Rosalyn Levis]], [[John Laurens Strawson (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|John Laurens Strawson]] (chair and company secretary), [[Deborah Helen Sacks (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Deborah Helen Sacks]], [[Lawrence Ross Joffe (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Lawrence Ross Joffe]] and [[Micha Drori (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Micha Drori]], with [[Alison Prager (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Alison Prager]] and Yehuda Erdman resigning on 16 March 2025; Companies House records Micha Drori as resident in Israel and shows Lawrence Ross Joffe and Pauline Rosalyn Levis as resigned.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="CH_HH" /> The charity gives "continuing regular support for the educational, cultural and social activities of [[Meretz UK]]", which promotes "harmonious relations between Jews and non-Jews in Britain, Israel and Palestine"; "The grant has remained at approximately £30,057 despite inflation", and the detailed accounts show grants to institutions of £30,058 (2024: £47,840).<ref name="ACC" /> The trustees say the charity's ability "to continue to operate and fund activities in Israel and the UK" has been due to its reserves; it "secured a lease agreement with Yeladim for the entire building, ensuring rental income is secured until 2044", and plans "to extend its support to WZO Education".<ref name="ACC" /> Income was £44,876 (2024: £37,567): rent of £36,870 and grants from other charities of £8,006; spending was £58,834, including legal and professional fees of £16,867, accountancy of £5,145 and trustees' travel and subsistence of £1,779; funds fell from £2,074,027 to £2,060,069, and the investment property is carried at £2,000,000 at the trustees' valuation.<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were examined by [[Jeremy Leboff (accountant)|Jeremy Leboff]] FCCA of [[Sobell Rhodes]] LLP, Borehamwood, and signed by John Laurens Strawson on 16 January 2026.<ref name="ACC" />
 *[[Hashomer Hatzair UK]] is the UK branch of the [[Hashomer Hatzair World Movement]], the youth movement of [[Meretz UK]], part of the [[World Union of Meretz]] of which the Israel based political party is [[Meretz]]
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 === Companies House officers ===
-Companies House lists 8 current and former officers of the charitable company (08978316), 4 of them active.<ref name="u54463137">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316/officers Company 08978316: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref>
+[[Companies House]] lists 8 current and former officers of the charitable company (08978316), 4 of them active.<ref name="u54463137">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316/officers Company 08978316: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref>
 Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: [[Micha Drori (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Micha Drori]] (Israel, active).<ref name="u54463137" />
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 == Funding in Israel ==
-* Year to 30 April 2025: grants to institutions of £30,058, described as support for Meretz UK; the accounts also refer to funding "activities in Israel and the UK" without giving amounts or places.<ref name="ACC" />
+* Year to 30 April 2025: grants to institutions of £30,058, described as support for [[Meretz UK]]; the accounts also refer to funding "activities in Israel and the UK" without giving amounts or places.<ref name="ACC" />
 === Israeli partners ===
-No Israeli recipient is named. Meretz UK is UK-based; the charity plans to support "WZO Education" ([[World Zionist Organization]]).<ref name="ACC" />
+No Israeli recipient is named. [[Meretz UK]] is UK-based; the charity plans to support "WZO Education" ([[World Zionist Organization]]).<ref name="ACC" />
 == Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF ==
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 * No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;<ref name="ALERTS">[[Charity Commission]], ''Register of Charities'', charity overview page (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/ followed by the organisation number) for each of the 25 batch-23 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.</ref> it is not among the charities named in the Commission's cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements (May, September and December 2025) or in the September 2026 statement of results.<ref name="CC_CHEQUE1">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator] ''GOV.UK'', 14 May 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE2">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 1 September 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE3">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-next-charities-to-be-investigated-as-part-of-inquiry-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 4 December 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE4">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-concludes-investigation-into-4-charities-as-class-inquiry-continues Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues] ''GOV.UK'', 9 September 2026, with [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry Statement of the results of a class inquiry] (same date).</ref> The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this charity is among them.<ref name="CC_SETTLE">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-charities-working-in-illegal-israeli-settlements Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements] ''GOV.UK'', 5 August 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref>
 * '''Inconsistent statements.''' The report says "The trustees have remained the same during the during" [sic], although two trustees resigned on 16 March 2025; the detailed statement prints the 2024 opening fund balance as £55,725, against the closing figure of £2,074,027; and the "Other income" table totals £36,870 while listing grants of £8,006 as well as rent of £36,870.<ref name="ACC" />
-* '''Property not recorded on the register.''' The register says the charity does not own or lease land or property, but the accounts show an investment property of £2,000,000 leased to Yeladim, and HM Land Registry's corporate ownership data list a freehold in Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London NW6, in the company's name and number.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="CCOD">[[HM Land Registry]], ''UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD)'' and ''Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD)'' full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.</ref>
+* '''Property not recorded on the register.''' The register says the charity does not own or lease land or property, but the accounts show an investment property of £2,000,000 leased to Yeladim, and [[HM Land Registry]]'s corporate ownership data list a freehold in Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London NW6, in the company's name and number.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="CCOD">[[HM Land Registry]], ''UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD)'' and ''Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD)'' full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.</ref>
 * '''Register trustees out of date.''' [[Companies House]] shows [[Lawrence Ross Joffe (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Lawrence Ross Joffe]] and [[Pauline Rosalyn Levis (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Pauline Rosalyn Levis]] as resigned, but the register still lists both as trustees.<ref name="CH_HH" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />

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-'''[[Hashomer Hatzair]]''' (in the UK) is a charitable company (08978316) registered with the Charity Commission on 25 November 2014; its registered office is in London N19.<ref name="FP_HH">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/full-print Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CH_HH">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316 HASHOMER HATZAIR (08978316)] ''Find and update company information'', overview and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316/officers officers], viewed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/accounts-and-annual-returns Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its website says that "Founded in 1971, Hashomer Hatzair UK upkeeps a link with the Israeli youth movement of Hasomer Hatzair".<ref name="HH_ABOUT">Hashomer Hatzair UK, [https://www.hashomer.org.uk/about-us/ About us] ''hashomer.org.uk'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> Its objects are education, "in particular in relation to Jewish Values, history and culture", and the "promotion of religious, cultural, social and racial harmony, in particular between Jewish and other peoples, with a particular focus on Jewish young people".<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 name the trustees as Pauline Rosalyn Levis, [[John Laurens Strawson (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|John Laurens Strawson]] (chair and company secretary), Deborah Helen Sacks, Lawrence Ross Joffe and [[Micha Drori (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Micha Drori]], with Alison Prager and Yehuda Erdman resigning on 16 March 2025; Companies House records Micha Drori as resident in Israel and shows Lawrence Ross Joffe and Pauline Rosalyn Levis as resigned.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="CH_HH" /> The charity gives "continuing regular support for the educational, cultural and social activities of [[Meretz UK]]", which promotes "harmonious relations between Jews and non-Jews in Britain, Israel and Palestine"; "The grant has remained at approximately £30,057 despite inflation", and the detailed accounts show grants to institutions of £30,058 (2024: £47,840).<ref name="ACC" /> The trustees say the charity's ability "to continue to operate and fund activities in Israel and the UK" has been due to its reserves; it "secured a lease agreement with Yeladim for the entire building, ensuring rental income is secured until 2044", and plans "to extend its support to WZO Education".<ref name="ACC" /> Income was £44,876 (2024: £37,567): rent of £36,870 and grants from other charities of £8,006; spending was £58,834, including legal and professional fees of £16,867, accountancy of £5,145 and trustees' travel and subsistence of £1,779; funds fell from £2,074,027 to £2,060,069, and the investment property is carried at £2,000,000 at the trustees' valuation.<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were examined by Jeremy Leboff FCCA of [[Sobell Rhodes]] LLP, Borehamwood, and signed by John Laurens Strawson on 16 January 2026.<ref name="ACC" />
+'''[[Hashomer Hatzair]]''' (in the UK) is a charitable company (08978316) registered with the [[Charity Commission]] on 25 November 2014; its registered office is in London N19.<ref name="FP_HH">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/full-print Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CH_HH">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316 HASHOMER HATZAIR (08978316)] ''Find and update company information'', overview and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316/officers officers], viewed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/accounts-and-annual-returns Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its website says that "Founded in 1971, Hashomer Hatzair UK upkeeps a link with the Israeli youth movement of Hasomer Hatzair".<ref name="HH_ABOUT">Hashomer Hatzair UK, [https://www.hashomer.org.uk/about-us/ About us] ''hashomer.org.uk'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> Its objects are education, "in particular in relation to Jewish Values, history and culture", and the "promotion of religious, cultural, social and racial harmony, in particular between Jewish and other peoples, with a particular focus on Jewish young people".<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 name the trustees as Pauline Rosalyn Levis, [[John Laurens Strawson (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|John Laurens Strawson]] (chair and company secretary), Deborah Helen Sacks, Lawrence Ross Joffe and [[Micha Drori (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Micha Drori]], with Alison Prager and Yehuda Erdman resigning on 16 March 2025; Companies House records Micha Drori as resident in Israel and shows Lawrence Ross Joffe and Pauline Rosalyn Levis as resigned.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="CH_HH" /> The charity gives "continuing regular support for the educational, cultural and social activities of [[Meretz UK]]", which promotes "harmonious relations between Jews and non-Jews in Britain, Israel and Palestine"; "The grant has remained at approximately £30,057 despite inflation", and the detailed accounts show grants to institutions of £30,058 (2024: £47,840).<ref name="ACC" /> The trustees say the charity's ability "to continue to operate and fund activities in Israel and the UK" has been due to its reserves; it "secured a lease agreement with Yeladim for the entire building, ensuring rental income is secured until 2044", and plans "to extend its support to WZO Education".<ref name="ACC" /> Income was £44,876 (2024: £37,567): rent of £36,870 and grants from other charities of £8,006; spending was £58,834, including legal and professional fees of £16,867, accountancy of £5,145 and trustees' travel and subsistence of £1,779; funds fell from £2,074,027 to £2,060,069, and the investment property is carried at £2,000,000 at the trustees' valuation.<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were examined by Jeremy Leboff FCCA of [[Sobell Rhodes]] LLP, Borehamwood, and signed by John Laurens Strawson on 16 January 2026.<ref name="ACC" />
 *[[Hashomer Hatzair UK]] is the UK branch of the [[Hashomer Hatzair World Movement]], the youth movement of [[Meretz UK]], part of the [[World Union of Meretz]] of which the Israel based political party is [[Meretz]]
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-The charity's website says John Strawson has been a trustee since 1999 and is Reader Emeritus in Law and Middle East Studies at the University of East London, and was a visiting professor at the Institute of Law at Birzeit University (1996–2006); it describes Micha Drori as legal adviser to the Kibbutz Movement in Israel.<ref name="HH_ABOUT" />
+The charity's website says John Strawson has been a trustee since 1999 and is Reader Emeritus in Law and Middle East Studies at the University of East London, and was a visiting professor at the Institute of Law at Birzeit University (1996–2006); it describes Micha Drori as legal adviser to the [[Kibbutz Movement]] in Israel.<ref name="HH_ABOUT" />
 === Companies House officers ===
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 * '''Inconsistent statements.''' The report says "The trustees have remained the same during the during" [sic], although two trustees resigned on 16 March 2025; the detailed statement prints the 2024 opening fund balance as £55,725, against the closing figure of £2,074,027; and the "Other income" table totals £36,870 while listing grants of £8,006 as well as rent of £36,870.<ref name="ACC" />
 * '''Property not recorded on the register.''' The register says the charity does not own or lease land or property, but the accounts show an investment property of £2,000,000 leased to Yeladim, and HM Land Registry's corporate ownership data list a freehold in Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London NW6, in the company's name and number.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="CCOD">[[HM Land Registry]], ''UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD)'' and ''Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD)'' full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.</ref>
-* '''Register trustees out of date.''' Companies House shows Lawrence Ross Joffe and Pauline Rosalyn Levis as resigned, but the register still lists both as trustees.<ref name="CH_HH" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />
+* '''Register trustees out of date.''' [[Companies House]] shows [[Lawrence Ross Joffe (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Lawrence Ross Joffe]] and [[Pauline Rosalyn Levis (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Pauline Rosalyn Levis]] as resigned, but the register still lists both as trustees.<ref name="CH_HH" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />
 == Other registers and records ==
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 === The Gazette ===
-Searches of ''The Gazette'' for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="u72e2b883">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Hashomer%20Hatzair The Gazette: notices matching 'Hashomer Hatzair'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref>
+Searches of ''[[The Gazette]]'' for the charity's name returned only [[Companies House]] filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="u72e2b883">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Hashomer%20Hatzair The Gazette: notices matching 'Hashomer Hatzair'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref>
 === Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
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 === Sanctions screening ===
-The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.<ref name="SANC">[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], ''UK Sanctions List'' (CSV); [[Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation]], ''Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets'' (ConList.csv). Batch-23 screening covered 249 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words (such as "Trust", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.</ref>
+The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its [[Companies House]] officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.<ref name="SANC">[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], ''UK Sanctions List'' (CSV); [[Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation]], ''Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets'' (ConList.csv). Batch-23 screening covered 249 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words (such as "Trust", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.</ref>
 === Land and property ===
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 * hashomer.org.uk: 10 yearly captures, first 2016-10-29, last 2025-03-29.<ref name="u7dab9df9">[https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=hashomer.org.uk&output=json&fl=timestamp,original,statuscode&filter=statuscode:200&collapse=timestamp:4 Internet Archive CDX index for hashomer.org.uk] ''Wayback Machine'', queried 16 October 2026.</ref>
-The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).
+The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 2 archived [[Charity Commission]] register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).
 The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="u62d4f6ca" />
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 * [[Ein Shemer]]
-Many of these were established in the 1920s–1950s by graduates of the movement from Europe and North America and formed the core of the [[Kibbutz Artzi]] federation, which later merged into the broader Kibbutz Movement.<ref>History of Hashomer Hatzair USA, [https://campshomria.com/blogs/news/history-of-hashomer-hatzair-usa History of Hashomer Hatzair USA] ''Camp Shomria'', December 25, 2022.</ref>
+Many of these were established in the 1920s–1950s by graduates of the movement from Europe and North America and formed the core of the [[Kibbutz Artzi]] federation, which later merged into the broader [[Kibbutz Movement]].<ref>History of Hashomer Hatzair USA, [https://campshomria.com/blogs/news/history-of-hashomer-hatzair-usa History of Hashomer Hatzair USA] ''Camp Shomria'', December 25, 2022.</ref>
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