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Zionist NGO’s ad hoc tree planting in Negev spurs JNF-KKL to announce major plans

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Jan 2023
JNF-KKL, which says it has planted more than 240 million trees in Israel since 1901, was reportedly deterred from granting permission to plant trees at Yatir following violent protests in January 2022, when more than 2,000 people demonstrated against a JNF-KKL tree-planting event there.
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KKL-JNF to proceed with planting trees in Negev, despite protests from local Palestinians

Middle East Monitor 23 Jan 2023
According to The Times of Israel, the controversial decision follows as JNF-KKL chairwoman's first move since entering office earlier this month.
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Is tree planting in the Negev resuming despite tensions with Bedouins?

The Jerusalem Post 20 Jan 2023
Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) denied the approval, and said that "The plantings and settlement are among the leading values of the organization ... KKL-JNF is committed to implementing the government's decision number 2397 of 2017.
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American-Jewish investor buys Greek Orthodox Patriarchate land in Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Post 17 Jan 2023
The Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) owns the lease on the land until 2052, but a court order last year enabled Nayot Komemiyut, controlled by Jerusalem’s Ben-David family, to begin collecting rent from tenants on the land.
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MEMO launches 'The JNF/KKL: A Charity Complicit With Ethnic Cleansing' by Dr Uri Davis

Middle East Monitor 10 Jan 2023
Tonight, MEMO hosted the book launch of JNF/KKL ... by Kholoud Al-Ajarma which exposes the Jewish National Fund's (JNF) key role in that crime.
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The JNF/KKL: A Charity Complicit with Ethnic Cleansing

Middle East Monitor 29 Dec 2022
The KNF/KKL ... As such, it is argued that the JNF is complicit in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
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Hanukkah: Fun activities in Israel for the Jewish Festival of Lights

The Jerusalem Post 17 Dec 2022
The Hanukkah holiday is rapidly approaching, and all around Israel attractions, tours, festivals, shows and fun family-friendly activities will be taking place ... 1. Tower of David Museum ... and 5 p.m ... 2 ... 3 ... Enjoy evening Hanukkah lantern tours for the whole family in KKL-JNF forests around the country ... 1-800-350-550; salkkl.kkl.org.il/Tours/ToursSearch.aspx.
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KKL-JNF snaps sweet photo of flamingos in Israel

The Jerusalem Post 14 Dec 2022
A KKL-JNF photographer snapped a photo of two flamingos in an affectionate position in which their necks formed the shape of ...
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New movement calls for Israelis to leave, establish Diaspora communities

The Jerusalem Post 11 Dec 2022
A daily message is sent to the tens of groups active on social media ... WZO staff on mission visiting Israelis living abroad (credit ... Kahana suggested that half of the funds of the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (JNF-KKL) be donated towards Jewish education in North America, “since we are half of the Jewish people,” he said ... .
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Israel and the great bird migration: Can we save bird from extinction? - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 09 Dec 2022
When my family first moved to Israel, I remember one day I noticed a strange black cloud in an otherwise perfectly blue sky. The cloud moved quickly and in a strange pattern, backward and forward. I soon realized it was moving in formation ... is in Israel ... (credit ... The lake was once drained, until KKL-JNF began the process of restoring it ... ■ ... On Twitter ... .
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Woman set to head KKL-JNF in historic first for the company

The Jerusalem Post 06 Dec 2022
Ifat Ovadia-Luski was recently chosen to succeed Avraham Duvdevani as the new head of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), its directory announced on Tuesday ... Ovadia-Luski's nomination was supported by former ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, who dominates the World Likud faction in KKL-JNF as its chairman.
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The race for chairman of KKL-JNF is heating up

The Jerusalem Post 29 Nov 2022
The World Likud faction in KKL-JNF is expected to announce on Tuesday that its candidate for temporary chairperson of the organization will be Ifat Ovadia Luski who is currently the head of the Department of Culture, Hebrew and the fight against anti-Semitism in the World Zionist Organization (WZO), according to a report by Maariv. .
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JNF-USA conference showcases Zionism as a mainstream movement

Cleveland Jewish News 24 Nov 2022
At JNF, everybody hugs. That’s what you do at a JNF conference ... They held signs accusing JNF-USA of stealing arable land from the Palestinians due to the organization’s work alliance with KKL-JNF in Israel, whose longtime project has been to plant trees throughout the Jewish state.
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COP27: Is Israel's climate agenda 'greenwashing' occupation?

The New Arab 18 Nov 2022
One of the guest stars of the pavilion is the Jewish National Fund (otherwise known as KKL-JNF), which recently implemented very controversial afforestation projects in the Negev desert ... Two third of the KKL-JNF’s forests have been planted over the ruins of destroyed Arab villages, whose inhabitants were never compensated.
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The bold and beautiful rewilding of Israel’s wetlands

Cleveland Jewish News 14 Nov 2022
Nadav Israeli smiles as he peers through binoculars at a flock of Eurasian jackdaws soaring over Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in the Jordan Valley ... 23, 2021. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90. In the 1990s, Keren Kayemeth L’Israel-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) led a national project to restore a small portion of Hula Lake to its essential place in the ecosystem ... .

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