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3. Why does the JNF still exist?

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 07:24 AM

Aug 2021

The forefathers of Zionism never hid their desire to use the Jewish National Fund to dispossess Palestinians. On its 120th anniversary, now is the time to abolish it.

By Yaara Benger Alaluf
July 8, 2021

The JNF’s anniversary celebrations are hardly marred by news of the right-wing takeover of the power positions in The National Institutions, and the promotion of the decision to regulate the JNF’s operations in the West Bank to expand Jewish settlements there. “The acquisition of land in the Occupied Territories is an irremovable stain on the JNF’s glorious record,” wrote Peace Now on its website. “Apart for the fact that this is a shady and disreputable area, purchasing lands for Jewish settlements compromises the chances for peace and a two-state solution and threatens the future of Israel and of the Zionist vision.”

Revisiting the history of the JNF and its leaders shows that purchasing land in the West Bank, kicking families out of their homes in East Jerusalem, and sending bulldozers to trample farming equipment and houses in the Negev-Naqab are far from stains on a glorious record, nor are they an anomaly. They are fundamental features of the JNF’s mandate. As the organization marks its 120th anniversary, it is high time to stop colluding with its projects and propaganda and demand the Jewish National Fund be disbanded immediately.

Source : https://www.972mag.com/jnf-zionism-palestinians-dispossession/

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