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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." <ref>'About JNF', [http://www.jnf.org/about-jnf/ JNF website], accessed 27 March, 2009.</ref>  
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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.<ref>[http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/about-kkl-jnf/our-history/first-decade-1901-1910/ First Decade: 1901-1910], KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.</ref>
  
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It 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 16 June, 2007.</ref>
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In 1961, the KKL-JNF and the Israeli government signed a covenant which provided in part:
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::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.<ref>[http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/about-kkl-jnf/kkl-jnf-id/kkl-jnf-israeli-government-covenant/#{9797C070-83E0-4CE5-992C-C8F388C4E8CC} KKL-JNF - Israeli Government Covenant], KKL-JNF, accessed 9 August 2012.</ref>
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"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." <ref>'About JNF', [http://www.jnf.org/about-jnf/ JNF website], accessed 27 March, 2009.</ref>
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It 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 16 June, 2007.</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*[[JNF UK]]
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The KKL-JNF has a number of national affiliates around the world including:
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[[JNF Australia]] | [[KKL-JNF Austria]] | [[KKL Belgium]] | [[JNF Canada]] | [[KKL-JNF Czech Republic]] | [[KKL Denmark]] | [[KKL-JNF Finland]] | [[KKL-France]] | [[KKL-JNF Germany]] | [[JNF Holland]] | [[JNF Ireland]] | [[KKL-JNF Israel]] | [[KKL Italy]] | [[KKL-JNF in Latin American Countries]] | [[JNF Norway]] | [[JNF Scotland]] | [[KKL-JNF Spain]] | [[KKL Sweden]] | [[KKL Switzerland]] | [[JNF UK]] | [[JNF USA]].<ref>JNF [http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/about-kkl-jnf/kkl-jnf-offices-worldwide/ JNF Offices Worldwide], Accessed 16 February 2014.</ref>
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
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* Amb. [[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>
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===KKL-JNF Board of Directors Leadership (2012-14)===
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*[[Efi Stenzler]] - Chairman
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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 (2008) [http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Uploads/2154ExecutiveSummaryEnglish.pdf Conference Conclusions], accessed 12 August, 2008.</ref>
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*[[Eli Aflalo]] - Co-Chairman
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*[[Gael Grunewald]] - Vice Chairman
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* [[Gordon Brown]] - JNF patron. <ref>'SPSC Challenges Gordon Brown's Support for JNF & Israeli Apartheid', [http://spsc.scottishpsc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1886&Itemid=272 SPSC website], 22 October, 2007. (Accessed 27 March, 2009)</ref>
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*[[Menachem Leibovic]] - Vice Chairman<ref name="board2">JNF [http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/about-kkl-jnf/our-leadership/kkl-jnf-board-of-directors/ KKL-JNF Board of Directors], accessed 16 February 2014.</ref>
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===Board of Directors - 2014===
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Mr. [[Yoav Andy]] | Mr. [[Ben Zion Azachi]] | Ms. [[Ora Baharaff]] | Mr. [[Yehoshua Chazan]] | Mr. [[Nisan Cialic]] | Mr. [[Yitzchak Danino]] | [[Att. Micha Drori]] | Mr. [[Victor Dubin]] | Mr. [[Avraham Duvdevani]] | Mr. [[Moshe Dabush]] | Mr. [[Itzik Elia]] | Ms. [[Yehudith Elimelech]] | Mr. [[Eli Eyal]] | Mr. [[Nachi Eyal]] | Mr. [[Hernan Felman]] | Mr. [[Arnon Giladi]] | Ms. [[Carol Golding]] | Ms. [[Barbara Goldstein]] | [[Dr. Orr Karassin]] | Mr. [[Chaim Katz]] | Mr. [[Shamai Keinan]] | Mr. [[Ofer Lichtig]] | Mr. [[Zeev Noyman]] | Mr. [[Mike Nitzan]] | Mr. [[Nehemia Reibi]] | Mr. [[Yair Reinman]] | Mr. [[Roi Sharabi]] | Mr. [[Matityahu Sperber]] | [[Prof. Alon Tal]] | Mr. [[Shlomi Vayzer]] | Mr. [[Tzvi Vershbiak]] | Mr. [[Oliver Worth]] | Mr. [[Moshe Yogev]] | Ms. [[Leslie Zachs]] | Mr. [[Yehezkel Zakai]]<ref name="board2"/>
  
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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>The Guardian[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/29/david-cameron-resigns-patron-jnf], Sherwood, G. 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 hold this postition currently. Pro-Palestinian solidarity groups, claim the resignation was as a result of growing pressure for the 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]</ref> Previous UK Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]] remain Honorary Patrons.<ref>JNF website[http://www.jnf.co.uk/about_executive.htm]About Us, Executive Board, accessed 23 June 2011</ref>
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==Contact==
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*Website: [http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/# http://www.kkl.org.il]
  
 
==Related Articles==
 
==Related Articles==
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*A Report by Palestine Land Society, [http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/JNF/Story1513.html Jewish National Fund's Violation of International and Domestic Law], August 2005
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*Adalah. '[http://adalah.org/eng/tags/JNF-%E2%80%93-Jewish-National-Fund/1 Jewish National Fund]'.
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*Uri Avnery, [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/6922 Dunam After Dunam], ''ZNet'', 7 February, 2005. (Accessed 27 March, 2009)
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*Uri Avnery, [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/6922 Dunam After Dunam], ''ZNet'', 7 February, 2005. (Accessed 27 March, 2009).
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*Uri Davis and Walter Lehn [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2536294 And the Fund Still Lives: The Role of the Jewish National Fund in the Determination of Israel's Land Policies] ''Journal of Palestine Studies'', Vol. 7, No. 4 (Summer, 1978), pp. 3-33.
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*Walter Lehn [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0377-919X%28197422%293%3A4%3C74%3ATJNF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F The Jewish National Fund] ''Journal of Palestine Studies'', Vol. 3, No. 4. (Summer, 1974), pp. 74-96.
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* Walter Lehn [https://eaford.org/site/assets/files/1023/the_jewish_national_fund_an_instrument_of_discrimination.pdf The Jewish National Fund: An Instrument of Discrimination] Paper No. 18, Eaford, November 1982.
 
*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.
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*'Challenging the discriminatory land policies of the Jewish National Fund', [http://www.adalah.org/eng/jnf.php Adalah website]
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*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.
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*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.
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*Kenneth W. Stein [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4282996 The Jewish National Fund: Land Purchase Methods and Priorities, 1924-1939] ''Middle Eastern Studies'', Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr., 1984), pp. 190-205.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 2 December 2021

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: JNF Australia | KKL-JNF Austria | KKL Belgium | JNF Canada | KKL-JNF Czech Republic | KKL Denmark | KKL-JNF Finland | KKL-France | KKL-JNF Germany | JNF Holland | JNF Ireland | KKL-JNF Israel | KKL Italy | KKL-JNF in Latin American Countries | JNF Norway | JNF Scotland | KKL-JNF Spain | KKL Sweden | KKL Switzerland | JNF UK | JNF USA.[5]

People

KKL-JNF Board of Directors Leadership (2012-14)

Board of Directors - 2014

Mr. Yoav Andy | Mr. Ben Zion Azachi | Ms. Ora Baharaff | Mr. Yehoshua Chazan | Mr. Nisan Cialic | Mr. Yitzchak Danino | Att. Micha Drori | Mr. Victor Dubin | Mr. Avraham Duvdevani | Mr. Moshe Dabush | Mr. Itzik Elia | Ms. Yehudith Elimelech | Mr. Eli Eyal | Mr. Nachi Eyal | Mr. Hernan Felman | Mr. Arnon Giladi | Ms. Carol Golding | Ms. Barbara Goldstein | Dr. Orr Karassin | Mr. Chaim Katz | Mr. Shamai Keinan | Mr. Ofer Lichtig | Mr. Zeev Noyman | Mr. Mike Nitzan | Mr. Nehemia Reibi | Mr. Yair Reinman | Mr. Roi Sharabi | Mr. Matityahu Sperber | Prof. Alon Tal | Mr. Shlomi Vayzer | Mr. Tzvi Vershbiak | Mr. Oliver Worth | Mr. Moshe Yogev | Ms. Leslie Zachs | Mr. Yehezkel Zakai[6]

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. ↑ JNF JNF Offices Worldwide, Accessed 16 February 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 JNF KKL-JNF Board of Directors, accessed 16 February 2014.
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