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'''JNF UK''' claims to be "the UK’s leading humanitarian and environmental Israel charity...[raising] funds for the building blocks of everyday life in Israel such as reservoirs, irrigation systems, desalination plants, forest planting, recycling schemes, roads, housing and healthcare centres." <ref>'About JNF UK', [http://www.jnf.co.uk/ JNF UK website], accessed 27 March, 2009.</ref> It is the UK wing of the [[Jewish National Fund]], which has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing".<ref> ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR, ZNet, 20 February 2005 [http://fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/1494 Mechanisms of denial], last accessed June 16, 2007.</ref>
 
'''JNF UK''' claims to be "the UK’s leading humanitarian and environmental Israel charity...[raising] funds for the building blocks of everyday life in Israel such as reservoirs, irrigation systems, desalination plants, forest planting, recycling schemes, roads, housing and healthcare centres." <ref>'About JNF UK', [http://www.jnf.co.uk/ JNF UK website], accessed 27 March, 2009.</ref> It is the UK wing of the [[Jewish National Fund]], which has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing".<ref> ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR, ZNet, 20 February 2005 [http://fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/1494 Mechanisms of denial], last accessed June 16, 2007.</ref>
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JNF UK is registered as UK charity no 225910 under the name '''JNF Charitable Trust'''.<ref>[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us - Offices and Recruitment], JNF UK, accessed 10 August 2012.</ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=225910&SubsidiaryNumber=0 225910 - JNF CHARITABLE TRUST], Register of Charities, Charity Commission, accessed 10 August 2012.</ref>
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Current UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] stepped down as Honorary Patron of the JNF, May 2011. A press release explained the resignation was part of a wider review of charities and organisations the PM is associated with, claiming the JNF is one of a number of charities he stepped down from.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/29/david-cameron-resigns-patron-jnf David Cameron resigns as patron of the Jewish National Fund], ''The Guardian'' 29 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref> Traditionally the three leaders of the main UK parties have become Honorary Patrons, however none of the three leaders currently hold this position. Pro-Palestinian solidarity groups claim the resignation was because of growing pressure for Cameron to step down.<ref>Stop the JNF Campaign website, [http://www.stopthejnf.org/greatbritain_campaignnews_pressrelease27may2011.html 'Cameron drops Israel 'racist' charity'], Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref><ref>BDS Website, [http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/cameron-jnf-7139 'British Prime Minister ends ties with JNF'], Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref> Previous UK Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]] remain Honorary Patrons.<ref>Jewish National Fund website, [http://www.jnf.co.uk/about_executive.htm About Us, Executive Board]  accessed 23 June 2011</ref>
 
Current UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] stepped down as Honorary Patron of the JNF, May 2011. A press release explained the resignation was part of a wider review of charities and organisations the PM is associated with, claiming the JNF is one of a number of charities he stepped down from.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/29/david-cameron-resigns-patron-jnf David Cameron resigns as patron of the Jewish National Fund], ''The Guardian'' 29 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref> Traditionally the three leaders of the main UK parties have become Honorary Patrons, however none of the three leaders currently hold this position. Pro-Palestinian solidarity groups claim the resignation was because of growing pressure for Cameron to step down.<ref>Stop the JNF Campaign website, [http://www.stopthejnf.org/greatbritain_campaignnews_pressrelease27may2011.html 'Cameron drops Israel 'racist' charity'], Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref><ref>BDS Website, [http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/cameron-jnf-7139 'British Prime Minister ends ties with JNF'], Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref> Previous UK Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]] remain Honorary Patrons.<ref>Jewish National Fund website, [http://www.jnf.co.uk/about_executive.htm About Us, Executive Board]  accessed 23 June 2011</ref>

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JNF UK claims to be "the UK’s leading humanitarian and environmental Israel charity...[raising] funds for the building blocks of everyday life in Israel such as reservoirs, irrigation systems, desalination plants, forest planting, recycling schemes, roads, housing and healthcare centres." [1] It is the UK wing of the Jewish National Fund, which has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing".[2]

JNF UK is registered as UK charity no 225910 under the name JNF Charitable Trust.[3]225910 - JNF CHARITABLE TRUST, Register of Charities, Charity Commission, accessed 10 August 2012.</ref>


Current UK Prime Minister David Cameron stepped down as Honorary Patron of the JNF, May 2011. A press release explained the resignation was part of a wider review of charities and organisations the PM is associated with, claiming the JNF is one of a number of charities he stepped down from.[4] Traditionally the three leaders of the main UK parties have become Honorary Patrons, however none of the three leaders currently hold this position. Pro-Palestinian solidarity groups claim the resignation was because of growing pressure for Cameron to step down.[5][6] Previous UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown remain Honorary Patrons.[7]

People

Executive Board (2012)

Board Members (2012)

Patrons (2012)

Honorary Patrons (2012)

External Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ 'About JNF UK', JNF UK website, accessed 27 March, 2009.
  2. ↑ ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR, ZNet, 20 February 2005 Mechanisms of denial, last accessed June 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ About Us - Offices and Recruitment, JNF UK, accessed 10 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Harriet Sherwood, David Cameron resigns as patron of the Jewish National Fund, The Guardian 29 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  5. ↑ Stop the JNF Campaign website, 'Cameron drops Israel 'racist' charity', Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  6. ↑ BDS Website, 'British Prime Minister ends ties with JNF', Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  7. ↑ Jewish National Fund website, About Us, Executive Board accessed 23 June 2011
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 About Us, JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.
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