The Jewish National Fund, which pays for the purchase of land for Jews in Israel, and of trees to cover up Palestinian villages, is holding a national conference in Atlanta. Activists picketed the conference, and several walked in on the conference yesterday, some identifying themselves as Jews. Among them is Lisa Adler, above, being pulled out of the room by a JNF’r.
Explains Israeli-American sociology professor Jesse Benjamin (pictured in the still, above):
“[JNF’s] charter is racist in the sense that most 19th century organizations that were nationalist are racist… and it needs to be changed to catch up with the 20th and the 21st century. The land in Israel should be available to all of its citizens.”
JNF is responsible for ethnic cleansing, he goes on, in that its purchases result in the expulsion of Palestinians from their land. (Thanks to Max Blumenthal)
