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Follow Mar. 1, 2021 Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization is coming under fire close to home for its pivotal role in a Thursday decision by the Jewish National Fund in Israel to allocate money to purchase land in the West Bank for Israeli settlements. After the decision of Hadassah's JNF Representative Barbara Goldstein to abstain from voting have ultimately permitted the allocation of 38 million shekels ($11.6 million) for future purchases of land in the West Bank, to pass, more than 250 graduates of Young Judaea, the youth movement that has been supported by and associated with Hadassah, si...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The board members claim that there were "fundamental flaws in the conduct" of JNF chairman Avraham Duvdevani during the vote. The board approved on Thursday the allocation of 38 million shekels ($11.6 million) to buy land in the West Bank by one vote. The organization, which is also known by its Hebrew name Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and which is separate from JNF in the United States, has not yet made a final policy decision, however, to permit the organization to purchase land in the West Bank, which is beyond Israel's sovereign borders....

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The organization, which is also known by its Hebrew name Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and which is separate from JNF in the United States, has not yet made a final policy decision, however, to permit the organization to purchase land in the West Bank, which is beyond Israel's sovereign borders. Sources present at the vote said that, to their surprise, representatives of the Hadassah women's Zionist organization abstained, paving the way for the measure to pass. The Meretz party faction on the board said it would appeal the decision and ask f...