Israel Land Fund

The Israel Land Fund is an Israeli right-wing organization that seeks to encourage Jewish settlement in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.[1] It was founded by Aryeh King in 2007.[2] In 2017 almost all of its funding came from the American Central Fund of Israel.[2]

In 2009 the group announced that it was seeking to buy historically Jewish-owned land in Jordan.[3][4]

In 2017 a Palestinian family was evicted from a house in Sheikh Jarrah that the fund had purchased, after a lengthy court battle. This was the first such eviction in the neighborhood since 2009.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Israeli-Palestinian bidding war catapults price of E. Jerusalem home to NIS 11m". The Times of Israel. 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Kane, Alex (14 May 2021). "Tax-Exempt U.S. Nonprofits Fuel Israeli Settler Push to Evict Palestinians". The Intercept. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Jordan hits back over Jewish land claims" The National.
  4. ^ Miskin, Maayana. "Jews to Reclaim Land in Jordan?" Israel National News. July 20, 2009.
  5. ^ לראשונה מ-2009: משפחה ערבית פונתה מביתה בשייח ג'ראח. Ynet. May 9 2017.
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