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Jewish national fund national office 42 east 69th street, new york, ny 10021 usa phone. The book explains why, when the jnf committee sought legal advice from england in 1905 as to. Jewish national fund educational materials for schools. Over a century of resistance to the jewish national fund official trailer from intl jewish antizionist network on vimeo. Since our founding in 1901, jewish national funds passion, commitment, and vision for the future of israel. It was founded on december 29, 1901 at the fifth zionist congress at basle, which resolved. The jewish national fund of south africa began in 1901 shortly after the creation of the keren kayemet leisrael kkljnf. Kkljnfs forestry books showed 3,620,700 trees in forests extending over the. Water reservoirs, river rehabilitation, rainwater harvesting program, constructed wetlands, and more. Its establishment originated at the first zionist congress 1897, when professor shapira of heidelberg proposed that donations should be collected from jews of all parts of the world in order to create a general jewish fund, of which twothirds were to be devoted to the purchase.
Its origin, object, history and achievements, in eretz. In late 2011, i publically resigned from the jewish national fund jnf in order to expose and protest the jnfs efforts to use israels arcane absentee property law to steal the sumarin. Palestine, the jnf greenwashes the history of the colonial settlement of palestine and covers. Since 1948, the jnf has responded to the needs of the land and people, it has drained swamps, built roads, dug reservoirs, restored riverbeds, and fought pollution. The goal of this jnf ebook is to show how israeli settler colonialism. The history of the jnf is well documented, the seminal text still being the late walter lehns 1988 book the.
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