On Thursday 21st March Palestine solidarity activists will submit a Stop the JNF application to the Charity Commission to remove JNF UK charities from the register.
Join us if you can!
Liverpool @ 12noon
12 Princes Dock
Princes Parade
L3 1DE
Newport @ 12noon
Clarence House
Clarence Place
NP19 7AA
London @ 1.15pm
One Drummond Gate
Victoria
London
SW1V 2QQ
Taunton @ 3pm
Woodfield House
Tangier
Somerset
TA1 4BL
Tuesday 22 May 2012
From 6.15pm, The Pillar Hotel, 19 Brent Street, London, NW4 2EU (nearest tube Hendon Central, Northern Line)
Protest at the appearance of the Israeli Foreign Minister at a Jewish National Fund event in NW London tomorrow night and at the decision of the UK government to allow him entry to the UK
Do you live in the London area or do you know anyone living in the London area?
THEN THIS IS FOR YOU WHEREVER YOU LIVE
Lieberman is a vicious thug who has to meet in secret to avoid protests against Israel’s disgusting crimes.
Lieberman is leader of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu Party and is in the same mould as Serbian war-criminals Karadzic & Milosevic in advocating mass murder by “drowning Palestinians in the Dead Sea.” He is a former member of Kach, an illegal terrorist organisation in the US & Israel. The Israeli journalist Gideon Levy said of Lieberman that he “and his soldiers are borne on the tides of hatred for Arabs, hatred of democracy and the rule of law, and the stink of nationalism, racism and bloodthirstiness.”
Lieberman proposed the ‘loyalty oath’ legislation passed by the Knesset and branded ‘fascist’ by one of his own cabinet colleagues. When asked about Gaza he said,
“There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza…Israel is conducting itself in the most humanitarian manner, and is allowing the entrance of thousands of tons of food and equipment to Gaza.”
The JNF’s hosting of Lieberman reveals their commitment to the Israeli government’s racist policies of ethnic cleansing & house demolitions. Since 1901 the JNF has been financially supporting the Zionist project of colonisation, apartheid & occupation in Palestine.
Despite the JNF’s activities within Israel’s state structures it enjoys charitable status in the UK and tax breaks on donations. Seventy MP’s recently signed an Early Day motion calling for this situation to end. Last week the Scottish TUC joined Friends of the Earth & the Green Party in condemning the actions of the JNF; it is now time for the Charity Commission to act. Until they act, it is up to supporters of Palestinian human rights to actively oppose the racist JNF.
Friday 11th MayVenue: Cowan’s Law, nr Glasgow – email uk@stopthejnf.org for details
Every day brings news of more Israeli atrocities in Palestine: killings, house demolitions and Palestinian families thrown into the street. The racist JNF (Jewish National Fund) is at the heart of the grim action, either planting trees to cover up the ruins of ethnically cleansed villages or even taking part directly in evicting Palestinian families to make way for Jewish settlers.
Anger in the UK at the JNF’s crimes is rising. Their fund-raising activities now take place in secret in London, while scores of Members of Parliament are calling for an investigation into JNF activities.
Provocatively, the JNF is now organising a fund-raising charity shoot at a venue called Cowan’s Law near Glasgow on May 11th. This shooting event is intolerable considering that the JNF works with the murderous Israeli military and paramilitary forces to ethnically-cleanse unarmed Palestinians. Stop the JNF UK calls on supporters of Palestinian rights from across the UK and all those disturbed by the Israeli policy of shooting unarmed Palestinians to come to Cowan’s Law on Friday May 11th to ensure this provocation does not take place.
When peaceful Palestinian demonstrators march on Israeli guns to oppose Israeli dispossession and colonisation, we can do no less here in the UK when those who would finance the crimes have a disgusting “charity shoot.”
Augustine United Church Centre, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
FEATURING: Rafeef Ziadah with Phil Monsour and Carlos Arredondo
Plant-a-Tree in Palestine is a new project established in 2011 with aim of raising awareness of the tree planting activities of the JNF, and providing an effective means of solidarity with Palestinians resisting the demolition of their homes and theft of their land. It is a joint project of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall), the Palestinian Farmers Union, and the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network.
The first planting action took place on January 2nd 2012, with all the partners joining forces alongside local residents and youth activists in Tulkarem, Occupied West Bank. One hundred and eleven trees were planted, representing the 111 years of the JNF’s existence, with each tree being named after a different Palestinian village destroyed in 1948.
The action was a success, receiving positive news coverage within Palestine and abroad, and raising awareness of the JNF’s activities within the local communities. It was therefore decided to build the project in 2012, culminating in 3 or 4 similar planting actions in late 2012 and early 2013.
We invite you to join us for a night of food and entertainment at the Augustine Church Sanctuary, Edinburgh, 6-10pm on Friday May 11th 2012 (the evening of the Stop the JNF protest). Tickets cost £20. Full details to be announced soon. To find out more or to buy a ticket please contact Dave at daveblack85@gmail.com
Venue: Augustine United Church Centre, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh – £10 / £5 to register email uk@stopthejnf.org
Speakers on the role of the JNF in ethnic cleansing in Israel/Palestine, the struggle against the JNF in the UK, JNF greenwashing, the “Plant a Tree in Palestine” project, and more. Full details will be announced on the website www.stopthejnf.org
