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| − | * | + | *Adalah. '[http://adalah.org/eng/tags/JNF-%E2%80%93-Jewish-National-Fund/1 Jewish National Fund]'. |
*Uri Avnery, [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/6922 Dunam After Dunam], ''ZNet'', 7 February, 2005. (Accessed 27 March, 2009) | *Uri Avnery, [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/6922 Dunam After Dunam], ''ZNet'', 7 February, 2005. (Accessed 27 March, 2009) | ||
*Maureen Meehan, [http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0799/9907014.html The Jewish National Fund and World Zionist Organization: The Hidden Faces of Israeli Racism], ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'', July/August 1999, pages 14, 20. | *Maureen Meehan, [http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0799/9907014.html The Jewish National Fund and World Zionist Organization: The Hidden Faces of Israeli Racism], ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'', July/August 1999, pages 14, 20. | ||
| − | * | + | *Josh Nathan-Kazis [http://forward.com/articles/190178/jewish-national-funds-iconic-blue-box-sends-one-st/?p=all Jewish National Fund's Iconic Blue Box Sends One-State Israel Message Map Includes Occupied West Bank in Jewish State] ''Forward''. Published January 02, 2014, issue of January 10, 2014. |
| + | *Palestine Land Society, [http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/JNF/Story1513.html Jewish National Fund's Violation of International and Domestic Law], Posted on August 29, 2005. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]] | [[Category:Israel Lobby]] | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 11 February 2014
The Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) was founded at the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901 to purchase land for the Jewish people in Palestine.[1]
In 1961, the KKL-JNF and the Israeli government signed a covenant which provided in part:
- Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael shall continue to operate, as an independent agency of the World Zionist Organization, among the Jewish public in Israel and the Diaspora, raising funds for the redemption of land from desolation and conducting informational and Zionist-Israel educational activities; and the Government shall extend assistance to Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael in informational and propaganda activities in Israel and abroad.[2]
"Over the past 107 years", it claims to have "evolved into a global environmental leader by planting 240 million trees, building over 200 reservoirs and dams, developing over 250,000 acres of land, creating more than 1,000 parks, providing the infrastructure for over 1,000 communities, bringing life to the Negev Desert and educating students around the word about Israel and the environment." [3]
It has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing" [4]
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Affiliations
The KKL-JNF has a number of national affiliates around the world including:
People
KKL-JNF Board of Directors Leadership (2012)
- Efi Stenzler - Chairman
- Eli Aflalo - Co-Chairman
- Gael Grunewald - Vice Chairman
- Menachem Leibovic - Vice Chairman[5]
Contact
- Website: http://www.kkl.org.il
Related Articles
- Adalah. 'Jewish National Fund'.
- Uri Avnery, Dunam After Dunam, ZNet, 7 February, 2005. (Accessed 27 March, 2009)
- Maureen Meehan, The Jewish National Fund and World Zionist Organization: The Hidden Faces of Israeli Racism, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, July/August 1999, pages 14, 20.
- Josh Nathan-Kazis Jewish National Fund's Iconic Blue Box Sends One-State Israel Message Map Includes Occupied West Bank in Jewish State Forward. Published January 02, 2014, issue of January 10, 2014.
- Palestine Land Society, Jewish National Fund's Violation of International and Domestic Law, Posted on August 29, 2005.
Notes
- ↑ First Decade: 1901-1910, KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.
- ↑ KKL-JNF - Israeli Government Covenant, KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.
- ↑ 'About JNF', JNF website, accessed 27 March, 2009.
- ↑ ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR ZNet, 20 February 2005 Mechanisms of denial Last accessed 16 June, 2007.
- ↑ KKL-JNF Board of Directors, KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.
