The Jewish National Fund is a linchpin of the system that enforces superior rights for Jews over Palestinians, whether inside Israel or in the occupied territory. A recent JNF decision to start publicly funding projects in the West Bank just makes that role more clear. Now the question becomes — will its international supporters stand by the organization?

Despite criticism from liberal Zionists, the Jewish National Fund is moving ahead on a plan to buy Palestinian lands in the West Bank for Jewish settlement expansion. The JNF says it has been acquiring Palestinian land for Jews for decades so what’s the problem?

Avraham Duvdevani has spent his long career supporting illegal Israeli settlements and promoting Palestinian dispossession. In his new role as global chairperson of the Jewish National Fund, he will be doing much the same.