The New Israel Fund’s war on Jewish life - by Jonathan S. Tobin

By creating a mechanism to fund anti-Zionist groups, it is attacking not just Israel, but also a federation system vital to maintaining Jewish institutions in America.

Jonathan S. Tobin..
JNS.org..
05 November '19..

According to the Forward, the rationale for the New Israel Fund’s push to create an alternative philanthropic system can be explained by what a Philadelphia psychologist named Roy Idelson considered to be a reasonable request. He wanted his local umbrella Jewish philanthropy—the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia—to allow him to use its foundation to donate money to an entity of his choice, IfNotNow.

A number of federations and many others operate foundations that allow their supporters to create so-called “donor-advised” philanthropic funds to funnel money to nonprofit groups of the individual’s choice. The arrangement is profitable for federations since they make money by fees earned by managing the donor’s money and hopefully increasing it by wise investment decisions.

But, to its credit, the Philadelphia federation refused Idelson’s request.

The reason was that giving money to IfNotNow was contrary to the interests of the community. IfNotNow is, contrary to the Forward’s description of its activities, not just critical of Israeli policies but avowedly neutral about Zionism. In practice, its efforts are indistinguishable from overtly anti-Zionist and often anti-Semitic groups. It also seeks to sabotage the work of organizations such as Birthright Israel that provides free trips to the Jewish state for young people.

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Why does the New Israel Fund financially support organizations that help terrorists and attempt to harm the Jewish State - by Ronn Torossian

We continue to call upon donors to the new Israel Fund, including the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Alisa Doctoroff, Oz Benamram and others to stop supporting these harmful organizations through the proxy New Israel Fund.

Ronn Torossian..
Israelnationalnews.com..
31 July '19..
Link: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/24228

Adalah is an Israeli-Arab organization founded in 1996, that, according to its website, works “to achieve the individual and collective rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel in the following areas: land and planning rights, political and civil rights, economic rights, social and cultural rights and prisoners’ rights. The organization also defends the human rights of Palestinians living under the occupation, based on international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”

According to NGO Monitor, from 2014-2017 the radical American non-profit organization, the New Israel Fund (NIF) awarded Adalah grants totaling $462,391.

In reality, this organization is active in defending terrorists, activities against the anti-boycott law that protects Israeli interests, harming Israel’s ability to deter terror attacks, harming the IDF’s ability to defend itself against the filing of false lawsuits by Palestinians. These activities include joint actions by Adalah and the Palestinian Arabs organizations Al-Haq, Al-Mezan Center from Human Rights, DCI-P and PCHR.

These organizations were unequivocally exposed in a special report, Terrorists in Suits published by Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs in February 2019. That report details the activities of these Palestinian organizations with respect to the boycott against Israel, as well as the connection between the organizations and terror organizations.

Adalah is active, together with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, in working to protect terrorists.

On October 11, 2015,Alaa Ziad, an Israeli citizen from Umm al-Fahm, perpetrated a ramming and stabbing attack at the Gan Shmuel intersection. During the attack, the terrorist ran over an Israeli soldier, Orel Azuri, seriously wounding her, and ran over another soldier. The terrorist then exited the car and stabbed Azuri and two other people. A total of four Israelis were injured in this terror attack. The District Court sentenced the terrorist to 25 years in prison. In August 2017, the Haifa District Court approved a request by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri to revoke Ziad’s citizenship.

Adalah and ACRI immediately petitioned the Supreme Court against the District Court decision. So far, the court hasn’t ruled on this petition.