Difference between revisions of "Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund"

From Powerbase
Jump to: navigation, search
m (full ref style)
(disambiguating moved JNF UK material)
Line 10: Line 10:
  
 
In 2008, Lauder is listed as a supported of the [[Herzliya Conference]] in Israel. <ref>The Annual Herzliya Conference Series: on the Balance of Israel's National Security (20Harvey Bratt08) [http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Uploads/2154ExecutiveSummaryEnglish.pdf Conference Conclusions], accessed 12 August, 2008.</ref>
 
In 2008, Lauder is listed as a supported of the [[Herzliya Conference]] in Israel. <ref>The Annual Herzliya Conference Series: on the Balance of Israel's National Security (20Harvey Bratt08) [http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Uploads/2154ExecutiveSummaryEnglish.pdf Conference Conclusions], accessed 12 August, 2008.</ref>
 
===Executive Board===
 
 
* [[Samuel Hayek]] - Chairman
 
* Dr [[Dr Michael Sinclair]] - Vice Chairman
 
* Dr [[Michael Sinclair]] - Honorary Treasurer
 
* [[David Goodman]] - Chief Executive
 
* [[Harvey Bratt]] - Company Secretary
 
* Dr [[Simon Cats]]
 
* Baroness [[Ruth Deech]]
 
* [[Elan Gorji]]
 
* [[Gerald Greene]]
 
* [[Murray Lee]]
 
* [[Gary Mond]]
 
* [[Benjamin Perl]] MBE
 
* [[Margaret Rothem]]
 
* [[Mandi Waisman]]
 
 
===Patrons===
 
* [[Hilary Dennis]]
 
* [[Cyril Dennis]] MBE
 
* [[Jose Dent]]
 
* [[David Dent]]
 
* [[Zak Gertler]]
 
* [[David Lewis]]
 
* [[Felix Posen]]
 
* [[Lynne Ross]]
 
* [[Nigel Ross]]
 
* [[Leslie Silver]] OBE
 
* [[Sammy Soffair]]
 
* [[Simon Sterling]]
 
* [[Sol Zakay]]
 
 
===Honorary Patrons===
 
* Professor [[David Bellamy]] OBE
 
* Rt Hon [[Tony Blair]]
 
* Rt Hon [[Gordon Brown]] MP
 
* Professor [[David Bellamy]] OBE
 
* Rt Hon Lady [[Hazel Cosgrove]] CBE
 
* [[Anthony Krais]] JP
 
* Rabbi Dr [[Abraham Levy]] OBE
 
* [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]
 
* HE The Ambassador of Israel [[Ron Prosor]]
 
* [[Shimon Peres]]
 
* Chief Rabbi Lord [[Jonathan Sacks]]
 
* Rev [[Malcolm Weisman]] OBE, CBE
 
* General [[Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie]]
 
* Baron [[Michael Howard]] of Lympne
 
 
 
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>
 
  
 
==Related Articles==
 
==Related Articles==

Revision as of 23:35, 8 August 2012

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) is a non-profit organisation founded in 1901. "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." [1]

It has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing" [2]

Affiliations

People

In 2008, Lauder is listed as a supported of the Herzliya Conference in Israel. [4]

Related Articles

Notes

  1. 'About JNF', JNF website, accessed 27 March, 2009.
  2. ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR ZNet, 20 February 2005 Mechanisms of denial Last accessed 16 June, 2007.
  3. The Annual Herzliya Conference Series: on the Balance of Israel's National Security (2008), Conference Conclusions, accessed 12 August, 2008.
  4. The Annual Herzliya Conference Series: on the Balance of Israel's National Security (20Harvey Bratt08) Conference Conclusions, accessed 12 August, 2008.