Stop the JNF

Jewish National Fund UK faces official questions over racial discrimination

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 20:12

Under fire from campaigners, Charity Commission reluctantly agrees to look into JNF’s British charities.

Internal documents show Canadian tax agency protected Jewish National Fund from scrutiny

Yves Engler
24 April 2013

The Canada Revenue Agency is questioned on the legality of JNF’s charitable status.

BDS roundup: boycott campaign overwhelmingly endorsed by grad student association at Canadian university

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 22:10
Concordia University’s Graduate Students’ Association overwhelmingly votes in favor of BDS resolution, a South African toy store cuts ties to the Jewish National Fund, and much more!

Subscription offer from liberal Israeli newspaper helps JNF, a "charity" implicated in ethnic cleansing

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 17:59

Give your money to the liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz and you may be indirectly helping to expel Palestinians.

Will other countries follow? Norway bans tax deductions for donations to Israeli settlements

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 13:06

In a precedent-setting move, Norway has ended tax-deductions for organizations that finance Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

BDS roundup: The BDS movement, 7 years on, "stronger, more effective and more diverse than ever"

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 19:15
Highlighting the spectacular growth and victories of the 7-year-old BDS movement; Palestinian civil society commends author Alice Walker for her refusal to have her book published by an Israeli publisher; and more!

Israel agency raises tax-exempt US, UK funds to put settlers in occupied Golan Heights, northern Palestine

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 17:34

The Jewish Agency, a quasi-official arm of the Israel government that encourages settlement in Palestine, and the Israeli government itself, are taking advantage of US and UK charity laws to raise tax-exempt donations specifically to place settlers in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights, all in violation of international law.

Green Party conference calls for revocation of JNF UK charitable status

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 23:48

The annual conference of the Green Party of England and Wales this weekend passed a motion endorsing the Stop the JNF campaign and calling for the Jewish National Fund to have its charitable status revoked in the UK.

 Motion passed at the Green Party of England and Wales Spring conference on 26th February 2012

Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes "on the retreat" in UK

Asa Winstanley
London
22 February 2012
Because of the efforts by Palestine solidarity activists to expose the colonization project of the Jewish National Fund, 2012 could perhaps be the organization’s last year holding charity status in the UK.
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