Support Palestinian freedom – mobilise against the racist JNF

Support the Early Day Motion 1677

Gerald Kaufman supported the JNF in his youth but now acknowledges that the JNF, a UK-registered charity which has Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Honorary Patrons, is actively involved in the violent dispossession of the Palestinian people. David Cameron has withdrawn his patronage, and Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have broken with long established tradition and have declined the JNF's invitation to become Honorary Patrons.

He and Jeremy Corbyn have posted this Early Day Motion in the Westminster Parliament, EDM 1677 - JEWISH NATIONAL FUND:

"That this House welcomes the Stop the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Campaign launched on 30 March 2011 by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee, the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and others to inform the public about the JNF - Karen Kayemet L'Yisrael, its ongoing illegal expropriation of Palestinian land, concealing of destroyed Palestinian villages beneath parks and forests, and prevention of refugees from returning to their homes; notes that the JNF's constitution is explicitly discriminatory by stating that land and property will never be rented, leased or sold to non-Jews; further notes that the UN rejected the JNF USA's application for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council on the ground that it violates the principles of the UN Charter on Human Rights; regrets that the Prime Minister is a JNF honorary patron; and believes that there is just cause to consider revocation of the JNF's charitable status in the UK."

What you can do:

• Send/email a letter to your MP asking them to sign the motion.
• Get others in your constituency to do the same.
• Join with constituents to visit your MP to stand up against ethnic cleansing by this UK-registered charity.
• Share any response you get from your MP with us by emailing gb@stopthejnf.org