Israeli settler violence report, March & April 2011Ahmad Jaradat, AIC (Alternative Information Centre)Sunday, 12 June 201 In most of the settler attacks in March and April 2011, the connection between settlers and Israeli soldiers is evident. The army collaborates with the violent settler aggression against Palestinian residents; proof of this link includes military harassments against…
The Jewish National Fund is a racist organisation actively participating in Israel’s programme of colonisation, ethnic cleansing and apartheid The Jewish National Fund operates in Israel and more than fifty countries and often enjoys strong political and even financial support from governments through tax-exempt status. This little-understood organisation is deeply involved in a racist and…
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In November 2010 Aberdeen-based oil and energy company Wood Group signed a contract with Dorad Energy to build a natural gas power station in Ashkelon, Israel. This contract is worth approx £563 million and the 800-megawatt power station will produce 8 per cent of Israel’s electricity in the near future. New gas fields have been…
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28 May 2011International activists today occupied a Greek branch of luxury cosmetics store Estee Lauder in protest against its chairman’s involvement with Israeli ethnic cleansing and occupation in Palestine. This is the latest in the growing campaign against the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a Zionist organisation which facilitates the transfer of Palestinian land to Jews…
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27 May 2011 Prime Minister David Cameron has quietly terminated his status as an Honorary Patron of the controversial Jewish National Fund (JNF). His office confirmed he had “stepped down”. For many years leaders of all three main political parties became Honorary Patrons of the JNF by convention. According to Dick Pitt, a spokesperson for…
Continue Reading Cameron drops Israel ‘racist’ charity JNF (Jewish National Fund)
Scotland’s leading environmental campaiging organisation votes unanimously to support the campaign to Stop the JNF. Stop the JNF Campaign 28 May 2011 Stan Blackley Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland “Our members at today’s AGM voted overwhelmingly to endorse the international call to stop the JNF. At today’s land rights conference the activities…
Continue Reading Friends of the Earth Scotland endorses call for action against the JNF