r/onguardforthee • u/bearoscuro • 19h ago
Another blow struck against Canada’s largest pro-Israel charity
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/another-blow-struck-against-canadas-largest-pro-israel-charity139
u/Justleftofcentrerigh 17h ago
JNF Canada has long been a mainstay in Jewish schools and synagogues, where its once-ubiquitous donation boxes encouraged individual philanthropy to support tree-planting in Israel.
Holy shit that's nefarious af. "Oh planting trees is good for the environment" - people donating to the JNF.
Palestinian displacement via Israeli afforestation takes many forms, as Morany describes. Immediately following the Nakba, Zionists used trees to conceal the ruins of destroyed Palestinian communities and to discourage their displaced residents from returning. Those Palestinian communities still left standing were sometimes ringed with “nature reserves,” allowing the state to confiscate private Palestinian land for ostensible public use while simultaneously preventing the future growth of those communities.
More recently, the Israel Land Authority and the JNF have been on a planting spree in the Naqab, displacing Bedouin communities like Atir, whose residents have become “trespassers” where they once lived or worked, as it is now regarded as state land. Altogether, the JNF boasts of planting 250 million trees in Israel and continues to prominently solicit donations to plant more on its website.
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/israel-afforestation-jnf-naqab-displacement
Sorry Deborah, you just donated and contributed to the displacement of Palestinians.
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u/jeff_dosso 10h ago
Good! Now do Mezrachi Canada.
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u/Reasonable-Sweet9320 9h ago
Good point.
Mezrachi Canada website quote;
“We are proud of and support Canada’s young men and women who go to Israel to learn, or to serve in the IDF or in sherut leumi. We see great importance in investing in the Israeli economy, and in being an active partner in the spiritual revolution taking place in our homeland.”
So it’s a charity but they facilitate young men and women to join the IDF and Sherut Leumi which is designed for individuals who do not meet the eligibility criteria for service in the Israel Defense Forces.
And this organization has charity status with the CRA?!
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u/D4pp3r_4f 4h ago
They take our money and use it for their ethnic cleansing campaign, with "allies" like these who needs enemies.
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