The Jewish National Fund

by Walter Lehn

In the voluminous literature on Zionist colonization of Palestine, and the consequent and continuing conflicts, one rarely finds more than a passing reference to the role of the Jewish National Fund (JNF).  Yet by May 1948, next to the government, the JNF was the largest landowner in Palestine, holding title to 54 per cent of Jewish-owned land on which 85 per cent of the Jewish settlements or establishments were located. It was thus clearly one of the major instruments of Zionist policy in bringing about the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. In the light of this fact, the absence of critical studies of the JNF is surprising. This paper - a survey of the development and of the land policies of the JNF - is a contribution toward filling this lacuna.

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