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| + | {{Group | ||
| + | |wikipedia= | ||
| + | |constitutes=Israel lobby | ||
| + | |start= July 1939 | ||
| + | |type=charity | ||
| + | |website=http://www.jnf.co.uk | ||
| + | |description="the UK’s leading humanitarian and environmental Israel charity" | ||
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'''JNF UK''' 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." <ref>'About JNF UK', [http://www.jnf.co.uk/ JNF UK website], accessed 27 March, 2009.</ref> It is the UK wing of the [[Jewish National Fund]], which 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 June 16, 2007.</ref> | '''JNF UK''' 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." <ref>'About JNF UK', [http://www.jnf.co.uk/ JNF UK website], accessed 27 March, 2009.</ref> It is the UK wing of the [[Jewish National Fund]], which 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 June 16, 2007.</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Executive Board== |
| − | + | * Chairman – [[Samuel Hayek]] | |
| + | * Honorary Treasurer – [[Roy Freedman]] | ||
| + | * Company Secretary – [[David Berens]] | ||
| + | * Chief Executive Officer – [[Yonatan Galon]] | ||
| − | [[ | + | ===Executive Board Members=== |
| − | + | * [[Guy Avshalom]] | |
| + | * [[David Berens]] | ||
| + | * [[Gideon Falter]] | ||
| + | * [[Elan Gorji]] | ||
| + | * [[Alan Kimche]] | ||
| + | * [[Murray Lee]] | ||
| + | * [[Alan Mendoza]] | ||
| + | * [[Gary Mond]] | ||
| + | * [[Benjamin Perl]] | ||
| + | * [[Mandi Waisman]] | ||
| + | * [[Howard Wayne]] | ||
| − | [[ | + | ==Patrons== |
| + | * [[Zak Gertler]] | ||
| + | * [[Felix Posen]] | ||
| + | * [[Simon Sterling]] | ||
| + | * [[Sol Zakay]] | ||
| − | === | + | ===Honorary Patrons=== |
| − | [[David | + | * [[David Bellamy]] |
| + | * [[Tony Blair]] | ||
| + | * [[Gordon Brown]] | ||
| + | * [[Hazel Cosgrove]] | ||
| + | * General the [[Lord Guthrie]] of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE | ||
| + | * The Rt Hon [[Lord Howard]] QC | ||
| + | * [[Abraham Levy]] | ||
| + | * [[Ephraim Mirvis]] | ||
| + | * The Marquess of Reading | ||
| + | * [[Jonathan Sacks]] | ||
| + | * [[Malcolm Weisman]]<ref>''[https://www.jnf.co.uk/our-people/ "JNF UK People"]''</ref> | ||
| + | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
| − | == | + | ==References== |
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:08, 22 April 2024
 JNF UK(Israel lobby)    | |
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| Formation | July 1939 |
| Type | charity |
| "the UK’s leading humanitarian and environmental Israel charity" | |
JNF UK 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, which has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing".[2]
Executive Board
- Chairman – Samuel Hayek
- Honorary Treasurer – Roy Freedman
- Company Secretary – David Berens
- Chief Executive Officer – Yonatan Galon
Executive Board Members
- Guy Avshalom
- David Berens
- Gideon Falter
- Elan Gorji
- Alan Kimche
- Murray Lee
- Alan Mendoza
- Gary Mond
- Benjamin Perl
- Mandi Waisman
- Howard Wayne
Patrons
Honorary Patrons
- David Bellamy
- Tony Blair
- Gordon Brown
- Hazel Cosgrove
- General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE
- The Rt Hon Lord Howard QC
- Abraham Levy
- Ephraim Mirvis
- The Marquess of Reading
- Jonathan Sacks
- Malcolm Weisman[3]
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References
- ↑ 'About JNF UK', JNF UK website, accessed 27 March, 2009.
- ↑ ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR, ZNet, 20 February 2005 Mechanisms of denial, last accessed June 16, 2007.
- ↑ "JNF UK People"
