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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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In February 2021, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) voted to allocate NIS 38 million (£8.2million) to acquire land to expand illegal Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank; this expansion would be in flagrant defiance of international law. Their partner in this country, JNF UK, continues to hold charitable status.
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The JNF-UK has been strongly involved in this process, funding the creation of British Park, a forested leisure facility built on the land of 3 Palestinian villages, Ajjur, Kudna and Deir al-Dubban, whose residents were ethnically cleansed and barred from returning.
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Further, JNF UK has supported the illegal Jewish-only settlement of Sansana, situated in the occupied West Bank
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==People==
 
==People==

Revision as of 11:14, 12 January 2022

JNF UK is the trading name of the JNF Charitable Trust. It 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, one of the Israeli National Institutions, 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][4]


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.[5] 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.[6][7] Previous UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown remain Honorary Patrons.[8]


In February 2021, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) voted to allocate NIS 38 million (£8.2million) to acquire land to expand illegal Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank; this expansion would be in flagrant defiance of international law. Their partner in this country, JNF UK, continues to hold charitable status.


The JNF-UK has been strongly involved in this process, funding the creation of British Park, a forested leisure facility built on the land of 3 Palestinian villages, Ajjur, Kudna and Deir al-Dubban, whose residents were ethnically cleansed and barred from returning.

Further, JNF UK has supported the illegal Jewish-only settlement of Sansana, situated in the occupied West Bank


People

Executive Board (2012)

Board Members (2012)

Patrons (2012)

Honorary Patrons (2012)

Companies, charities and groups that are linked to JNF UK

Companies

Created 2004-2005

  • JNF UK Limited 05562921 - Incorporated on 13 September 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
  • Jewish National Fund Ltd 05480314 - Incorporated on 14 June 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
  • Jewish National Fund For Israel Ltd 05480334 - Incorporated on 14 June 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
  • JNF Limited 05478230 - Incorporated on 10 June 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
  • KKL Limited 05478228 - Incorporated on 10 June 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
  • KKL Charity Accounts Matching previous names: KKL Accounts 05118360 - Incorporated on 4 May 2004 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF

Created 1999

Created 1909-1948

Dissolved

  • JNF/KKL Limited 05478239 - Dissolved on 29 March 2011 - JNF House, Spring Villa Park, Spring Villa Road, Edgware, Middx, HA8 7ED

Scottish company

Charities

External Resources

Contact

Internet Archive holdings of jnfuk.org

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. ↑ 225910 - JNF CHARITABLE TRUST, Register of Charities, Charity Commission, accessed 10 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Harriet Sherwood, David Cameron resigns as patron of the Jewish National Fund, The Guardian 29 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  6. ↑ Stop the JNF Campaign website, 'Cameron drops Israel 'racist' charity', Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  7. ↑ BDS Website, 'British Prime Minister ends ties with JNF', Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  8. ↑ Jewish National Fund website, About Us, Executive Board accessed 23 June 2011
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 About Us, JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.
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