Jewish group slams JNF for land theft in Palestine

Australian Jewish Democratic Society based in Melbourne has denounced the 'Jewish National Fund' in Australia for being “complicit in ongoing forms of land theft and ethnic cleansing."

The group made the remarks in a website titled "What's Behind the Jewish National Fund", launched earlier this month.

The website said the JNF was hel[ing take land from Palestinians and Bedouins, funding infrastructure for illegal settlements and planting trees in an environmentally destructive manner.

“The JNF promotes itself as a green charity, fund-raising in Jewish communities around the world to support tree planting, and other environmental initiatives in Israel,” the website says.

“But what is the JNF really doing with your money?” Jem Light, a spokesperson from the AJDS, said: “Many Jews give to the Jewish National Fund without having enough information about their activities.

We are aiming to expose some of the more unsavory and discriminatory policies of the JNF.

Once people find out, I’m sure they will seriously reconsider their donations.