UK Anti-Zionist Jewish group pickets to remove charity status of JNF outside Charity Commission

The UK chapter of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), along with allied groups, protested outside the Charity Commission in London. They are demanding an investigation into, and the potential stripping of, the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) UK and other Jewish organizations.

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land ownership metrics and financial remittance directed toward unauthorized development in the West Bank.

Protesters accuse these organizations of funding initiatives, land acquisition, and development projects in the West Bank. They criticized the Charity Commission for alleged "systemic inaction" and for repeatedly refusing to investigate or sanction charities that they claim support illegal displacement and foreign military initiatives. Banners at the protest highlighted the JNF's role in "land ownership metrics and financial remittance directed toward unauthorized development in the West Bank."

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platforms for selling land across historic areas and illegal settlements.

The demonstration also drew connections to recent local community events, including a "Great Israeli Real Estate" event hosted at Edgware United Synagogue. Organizers claimed these events facilitate transactions involving disputed territories and act as "platforms for selling land across historic areas and illegal settlements." Speakers at the picket accused UK authorities of "enabling displacement and regional conflict" through passive regulatory oversight.

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enabling displacement and regional conflict

Police maintained a perimeter as activists chanted slogans like "Stop arming apartheid" and displayed banners condemning "state-sponsored violence and institutional complicity." In response, a spokesperson for JNF UK stated, “JNF UK will not be distracted or deterred by those who seek to stop us from carrying out our important charitable work. Through JNF UK, British Jews will proudly continue, as we have for generations, to support and strengthen communities across Israel, particularly in the North and South, helping them to recover, rebuild and create a more secure future. At this critical time, our work is more important than ever.”

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Stop arming apartheid