The Palestinian BDS National Committee has called for a Global Day of Action to commemorate Palestinian Land Day.
PalestinianLand Day is the annual commemoration of the 1976 general strike and marchesagainst massive land expropriation by Israel in which six Palestinians werekilled and hundreds of others were jailed and wounded. Since then it has been aday to recall many decades of Palestinian resistance to historic and on-goingdisplacement and dispossession.
A key pillar of the colonization of Palestine - from the founding of the Stateof Israel to the present - has been the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael (KKL), commonlyknown in English as the Jewish National Fund (JNF). The JNF enjoys charitystatus in over 50 countries. This is despite its role in the on-goingdisplacement of indigenous Palestinians from their land, the theft of theirproperty, the funding of historic and present-day colonies, and the destructionof the natural environment.
Land Day 2011 will welcome the launch of internationally coordinatedcampaigns to challenge the JNF-KKL. As part of the global movement forBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), in solidarity with the Palestinianliberation struggle, and until such time as the State of Israel respects andimplements international law, the Palestinian BDS National Committee and manyother organizations call on global civil society to join in a campaign to challengethe JNF.
Join the campaign to Stop the JNF. The campaign is already underway inBritain, Canada, France and the US, and challenges to the JNF continue acrossPalestine, including in Israel.
To join the campaign:
- Sign the international call at:http://www.stopthejnf.org/callforaction.html
- Include the JNF in your BDS and Palestine solidarity work.
- Bring the campaign to your city or region.
- Tell us about your activity at us@stopthejnf.org.
Click here todownload the Stop the JNF Campaign fact sheet.
For more information about the campaign, email us at info@stopthejnf.org.
Tojoin regional campaigns,email the following:
Britain:gb@stopthejnf.org
Canada: canada@stopthejnf.org
Palestine:palestine@stopthejnf.org
United States: us@stopthejnf.org
www.stopthejnf.org
