Israel-Diaspora Trust - Revision history

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 The Trust appointed an advisory board in 2008:
 Professor [[Vernon Bogdanor]] | Mr [[Richard Bolchover]] | Ms [[Dana Brass]] | Mr [[Gary Grant]] | Mr [[Alan Melkman]] | Mr [[Geoffrey Paul]] OBE | Mr [[Stephen Pollard]] | Mr [[John Porter]]<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008</ref>
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 ==Funding==
-*Year			2008	 | 2009 | 	2010	 | 	2011	 | 	2012
+*Year			| 2008	 | 2009 | 	2010	 | 	2011	 | 	2012
 *Income			49, 824 | 39,334 | 21,837 | 36,059 | 30,552
-*Total expended	57,714 | 	56,156 |		30,519| 	34,667 | 	34,342.
+*Total expended	57,714 | 	56,156 |		30,519 | 	34,667 | 	34,342.
 *Net Funds		39,543 |	22,884 |		14,321 |	15,755 | 12,278

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	The trust has also extensive ties with the [[Henry Jackson Society]]. In 2011 it hosted a panel session on the Arab Spring with [[Robin Shepherd]], director of the HJS and in 2009 it co-hosted with the society an event at the House of Commons with former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, [[Dore Gold]].<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009.</ref>		The trust has also extensive ties with the [[Henry Jackson Society]]. In 2011 it hosted a panel session on the Arab Spring with [[Robin Shepherd]], director of the HJS and in 2009 it co-hosted with the society an event at the House of Commons with former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, [[Dore Gold]].<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009.</ref>
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		+	==Funding==
		+	*Year 2008 \| 2009 \| 2010 \| 2011 \| 2012
		+	*Income 49, 824 \| 39,334 \| 21,837 \| 36,059 \| 30,552
		+	*Total expended 57,714 \| 56,156 \| 30,519\| 34,667 \| 34,342.
		+	*Net Funds 39,543 \| 22,884 \| 14,321 \| 15,755 \| 12,278
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		+	In 2012, £30,000 of the Trust’s total income came from voluntary sources. Donors include the [[Catherine Lewis Foundation]] and the [[Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust]].
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		+	===David Lewis related foundations===
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		+	The [[Catherine Lewis Foundation]], headed until 2011 by multi-millionaire property investor [[David Lewis]], donated £2000 in 2008 and 2012.<ref>The Catherine Lewis Foundation Financial Statements 31 March 2008.; The Catherine Lewis Foundation Financial Statements 31 March 2013</ref> The foundation has also donated to the [[Henry Jackson Society]].
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		+	Lewis (June 2 1924- August 12 2011) was also a key supporter of the [[Israel Centre for Social and Economic Progress]], the country’s main free-market think tank, and of the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8702861/David-Lewis.html David Lewis] ''Daily Telegraph'', 15 August 2011, accessed 28 February 2014.</ref> The [[Lewis Family Charitable Trust]] gave £10,000 to [[Policy Exchange]] in 2007/8, £20,000 in 2008/9 and £10,000 in 2009/10.<ref>Lewis Family Charitable Trust, Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 May 2010.</ref> It has also funded [[Palestinian Media Watch]], the [[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] and the [[Zionist Federation]]. It donated $10,000 to AIA in 2008.<ref>Lewis Family Charitable Trust, Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 May 2008.</ref>
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		+	===Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust===
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		+	The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust is a charity run by [[David Wolfson]], who served as Thatcher‘s chief of staff. The Trust was set up in 1960 to provide grants ‘with particular, but not exclusive, regard to the needs of the Jewish community’. The trust has funded right-wing think tanks including [[Civitas]], Policy Exchange, the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] and the [[Adam Smith Research Trust]].<ref name="AR2007">Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, Financial statements 5 April 2007.</ref> In the year to April 2007, the trust donated £5,000 to the [[Anglo Israel Association]] and £2,000 to the Israel-Diaspora Trust. <ref name="AR2007"/>

	==People==		==People==

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	Over the years it has invited to speak at its meetings many leading Zionist thinkers and it has extensive ties with the neo-conservative think tank [[Henry Jackson Society]]. It is partially funded by foundations, such as the [[Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust]] and the [[Lewis Family Trust]], that are linked to Zionist and conservative thinks tanks.		Over the years it has invited to speak at its meetings many leading Zionist thinkers and it has extensive ties with the neo-conservative think tank [[Henry Jackson Society]]. It is partially funded by foundations, such as the [[Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust]] and the [[Lewis Family Trust]], that are linked to Zionist and conservative thinks tanks.
		+	==Activities==
		+	The trust usually hosts and organises discussion on subjects relevant to Israel under [[Chatham House Rule]]. It is not clear how and to whom the Trust publicises these events as it does not have a website.
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		+	In 2012, it chaired a talk on the Arab Spring by [[Dan Schueftan]], Director of the [[National Security Studies Center]], [[University of Haifa]].<ref> ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012.</ref> Schueftan has served as an advisor to Israel's National Security Council, and to former Prime Ministers [[Yitzhak Rabin]] and [[Ariel Sharon]].<ref>[http://www.israelemb.org/washington/Speakers-Guide/U.S-Israel-Relations/Pages/Dan-Schueftan.aspx Dan Schueftan] accessed 28 February 2014.</ref> Schueftan is credited with having advanced the concept of ‘unilateral disengagement’.<ref>Disengagement: Israel and the Palestinian Authority Reviewed by [[Meyrav Wurmser]], Hudson Institute, ''[[Middle East Quarterly]]'' Fall 2002.</ref>
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		+	[[Gerald Steinberg]], Professor of Political Science at [[Bar Ilan University]] and President of [[NGO Monitor]] gave a talk for the trust in 2012. <ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012</ref> [[Brooke Goldstein]], director of the [[Lawfare Project]], has also presented to the Trust. According to the ''Jewish Chronicle'', Goldstein ‘specialises in fighting Western lawsuits by Islamic extremists'. In March 2012 the Leeds University Jewish Society withdrew an invitation to Goldstein over fears that she was 'too controversial'.<ref>‘Jewish students cancel controversial invite to lawyer’ http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/65165/jewish-students-cancel-controversial-lawyers-invite Jewish students cancel 'controversial' lawyer's invite, accessed 3 March 2014.</ref> In 2012, as part of a UK tour organised by [[UK Lawyers for Israel]]. Goldstein also gave talks to students at [[King's College London]], [[University College London]] and [[Manchester University]], as well as speaking at a Commons reception hosted by the [[Henry Jackson Society]].
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		+	In 2011 the Trust 'welcomed to its meetings' various leading Zionist thinkers. These included [[Mortimer Zuckerman]], a Canadian-born American real estate tycoon and media proprietor and [[Gidi Grinstein]]. In their 2006 paper ‘The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy’, [[John Mearsheimer]], and [[Stephen Walt]], named Zuckerman a member of the media wing of the "Israeli lobby" in the United States. Zuckerman replied: 'I would just say this: The allegations of this disproportionate influence of the Jewish community remind me of the 92-year-old man sued in a paternity suit. He said he was so proud; he pleaded guilty.'<ref>Clyne, Meghan, ‘Kalb Upbraids Harvard Dean Over Israel’, New York Sun, March 21, 2006. Accessed 3 March 2014.</ref> Grinstein is the founder and current president of the [[Reut Institute]], an Israeli think tank known for arguing that 'delegitimization' is a key political threat to the country that needs to be vigorously countered.<ref>http://reut-institute.org/Publication.aspx?PublicationId=3769</ref>
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		+	The trust has also extensive ties with the [[Henry Jackson Society]]. In 2011 it hosted a panel session on the Arab Spring with [[Robin Shepherd]], director of the HJS and in 2009 it co-hosted with the society an event at the House of Commons with former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, [[Dore Gold]].<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009.</ref>

	==People==		==People==

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−	The [[Israel Diaspora Trust]] was created in 1984 by the late Rabbi [[Sidney Brichto]].	+	The [[Israel Diaspora Trust]] was created in 1984 by the late Rabbi [[Sidney Brichto]].
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		+	The charity's objects are 'to advance education in matters relating to the history, government, law, administration, politics, economics, religion, sociology, literature, language and culture of the Jewish people situated both in Israel and throughout the Diaspora'.
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		+	Over the years it has invited to speak at its meetings many leading Zionist thinkers and it has extensive ties with the neo-conservative think tank [[Henry Jackson Society]]. It is partially funded by foundations, such as the [[Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust]] and the [[Lewis Family Trust]], that are linked to Zionist and conservative thinks tanks.

	==People==		==People==

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 *1 Jan 2008-31 Dec 2008: [[Frederic Haller]] (Hon Chairman) | [[George Pinto]] (Hon . Treasurer) | [[Martin Paisner]] (Hon . Secretary) | Mr [[Jonathan Goldberg]] QC | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | [[Michael Heller]] | [[Clinton V Silver]] CBE | Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] | The [[Lord Stone]] | The [[Lord Weidenfeld]]<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008</ref>
 *1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007: [[Frederic Haller]] (Hon Chairman) | [[George Pinto]] (Hon . Treasurer) | [[Martin Paisner]] (Hon . Secretary) | Mr [[Jonathan Goldberg]] QC | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | [[Michael Heller]] | [[Clive Marks]] | [[Clinton V Silver]] CBE | Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] | The [[Lord Stone]] | The [[Lord Weidenfeld]]<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2007</ref>
-*1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006: [Frederic Haller]] (Chairman) | [[George Pinto]] (Hon . Treasurer) | [[Martin Paisner]] (Hon . Secretary) | [[William Frankel]] CBE | Mr [[Jonathan Goldberg]] QC | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | [[Michael Heller]] | [[Clive Marks]] | [[Clinton V Silver]] CBE | Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] | The [[Lord Stone]] | The [[Lord Weidenfeld]]<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2006</ref>
+*1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006: [[Frederic Haller]] (Chairman) | [[George Pinto]] (Hon . Treasurer) | [[Martin Paisner]] (Hon . Secretary) | [[William Frankel]] CBE | Mr [[Jonathan Goldberg]] QC | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | [[Michael Heller]] | [[Clive Marks]] | [[Clinton V Silver]] CBE | Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] | The [[Lord Stone]] | The [[Lord Weidenfeld]]<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2006</ref>
 *1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005: [[Frederic Haller]] (Chairman) | [[George Pinto]] (Hon . Treasurer) | [[Martin Paisner]] (Hon . Secretary) | [[William Frankel]] CBE | Mr [[Jonathan Goldberg]] QC | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | The [[Lord Haskel]] | [[Michael Heller]] | Ms [[Wendy Leighton]] | [[Clive Marks]] | [[Clinton V Silver]] CBE | Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] | The [[Lord Stone]] | The [[Lord Weidenfeld]]<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2005</ref>

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 ==People==
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-*Circa 2013: [[Alan Mendoza]] | [[Michael Heller]] | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | [[George Pinto]] | [[Frederic Haller]] | [[Jonathan Goldberg]] | [[George Weidenfield]]<ref>Data from the Charity Commission website: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities/</ref>
+*Circa 2013: [[Alan Mendoza]] | [[Michael Heller]] | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | [[George Pinto]] | [[Frederic Haller]] | [[Jonathan Goldberg]] | [[George Weidenfeld]]<ref>Data from the Charity Commission website: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities/</ref>
 *1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007
 *1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006:
-*1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005: [[Frederic Haller]] (Chairman) | [[George Pinto]] (Hon . Treasurer) | [[Martin Paisner]] (Hon . Secretary) | [[William Frankel]] CBE | Mr [[Jonathan Goldberg]] QC | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | The [[Lord Haskel]] | [[Michael Heller]] | Ms [[Wendy Leighton]] | [[Clive Marks]] | [[Clinton V Silver]] CBE | Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] | The [[Lord Stone]] | The [[Lord Weidenfield]]<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2005</ref>
+*1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005: [[Frederic Haller]] (Chairman) | [[George Pinto]] (Hon . Treasurer) | [[Martin Paisner]] (Hon . Secretary) | [[William Frankel]] CBE | Mr [[Jonathan Goldberg]] QC | [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] | The [[Lord Haskel]] | [[Michael Heller]] | Ms [[Wendy Leighton]] | [[Clive Marks]] | [[Clinton V Silver]] CBE | Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] | The [[Lord Stone]] | The [[Lord Weidenfeld]]<ref>ISRAEL DIASPORA TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2005</ref>
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