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"War on Want Urges Sanctions Against Israel"

A LEADING communal executive has voiced fears that British charities are being swept along by a tide of anti-Israel sentiment. Board of Deputies director-general Jon Benjamin said this week that, while it was legitimate to raise funds for impoverished Palestinians...

"Dovish Group Stung By Own Grantee"

New Israel Fund reassessing funding in wake of inflammatory article pressing divestment by one of its Law Fellows...

Letter from Dr. Leslie to the Charity Commission for England and Wales

I am writing to make an official complaint about the New Israel Fund - registered charity no. 1060081, company limited by guarantee registered in England no. 3296825 - based at 25-26 Enford Street, London W1H 1DW (registered office First Floor, Bouverie House, 154 Fleet Street, London EC4a 2JD). I am requesting your intervention on the grounds that, in spite of representations made to its officials both on an individual and on an organisational level, a number of...

Wiesenthal Centre to UNICEF: "Dismiss Deputy Executive Director as an Agent of Palestinian Terrorist Propaganda"

In a letter to Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Liaison of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, noted, "Last year, you assured the Wiesenthal Centre of UNICEFs determination to condemn incitement to hate and terrorism among Palestinian children and to ensure impartiality in positions on the Middle East conflict."...