'Finished with the bluffing': Jewish National Fund goes public with its aid to settlers – Mondoweiss
The Jewish National Fund blue box For decades, Jews around the world have cherished the Jewish National Fund’s supposedly “charitable” work buying and managing land in Israel. Generations of Jewish children have been encouraged to drop pennies into its iconic blue collection boxes. The Fund is held in similar high esteem by western governments, which typically subsidize their citizens’ donations to the JNF by treating them as tax exempt. Meanwhile, international agencies seek out its advice on environmental and sustainability issues. But a vote last month by the JNF’s board t...
Source: mondoweiss.net