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

From Powerbase
Jump to: navigation, search
(→‎People)
(→‎People)
Line 14: Line 14:
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
−
* Ambassador [[Ronald S Lauder]] - Former President of the [[Jewish National Fund]] is now (in 2008) President of the [[World Jewish Congress]]. Lauder is also Chairman of the International Public Committee of the [[World Jewish Restitution Organization]] and Chairman of the [[Jewish Heritage Council]]. He was formerly Chairman of the [[Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations]], Served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and [[NATO]] Policy. He is also described as an international businessman. <ref>The Annual Herzliya Conference Series: on the Balance of Israel's National Security (2008), [http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Uploads/2154ExecutiveSummaryEnglish.pdf Conference Conclusions], accessed 12 August, 2008.</ref>
+
===KKL-JNF Board of Directors Leadership (2012)===
−
 
+
*[[Efi Stenzler]] - Chairman
−
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>
+
*[[Eli Aflalo]] - Co-Chairman
 +
*[[Gael Grunewald]] - Vice Chairman
 +
*[[Menachem Leibovic]] - Vice Chairman<ref>[http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/about-kkl-jnf/our-leadership/kkl-jnf-board-of-directors/ KKL-JNF Board of Directors], KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.</ref>
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==

Revision as of 01:27, 9 August 2012

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]

Affiliations

The KKL-JNF has a number of national affiliates around the world including:

People

KKL-JNF Board of Directors Leadership (2012)

Contact

Related Articles

Notes

  1. ↑ First Decade: 1901-1910, KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.
  2. ↑ KKL-JNF - Israeli Government Covenant, KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.
  3. ↑ 'About JNF', JNF website, accessed 27 March, 2009.
  4. ↑ ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR ZNet, 20 February 2005 Mechanisms of denial Last accessed 16 June, 2007.
  5. ↑ KKL-JNF Board of Directors, KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.
Retrieved from "https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Keren_Kayemeth_LeIsrael_-_Jewish_National_Fund&oldid=173473"