Filed under: Israel, Israel at 60 Celebration, Royal Family, UK, Windsor Castle, Zionism, Zionist federation, london | Tags: Jews sans frontieres, Prince Edward
Really excellent commentry on the Windsor Castle event by Jews Sans Frontieres. The end I found especially funny, when you read through the comments you can’t help but notice some truth to it:
Apparently, the royal celebrations of 60 years of ethnic cleansing of Palestine and relentless aggression towards its natives and neighbours was a bit of a damp squib, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency drawing on a report in the Jewish Chronicle.
Prince Edward became the first royal officially to participate in Israel’s independence celebrations at a JNF-UJIA dinner at Windsor Castle on Monday.
Standing in for his father, the Duke of Edinburgh who had been hospitalised with a chest infection several days earlier, the Earl of Wessex attended a champagne reception for the 300-strong gathering.
Even though he left before dinner, he greeted guests including Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor and Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks.
Wow, how exciting! The Earl of Wessex no less, and even he had better things to do than break bread with a bunch of rich zionists. Ponder this, the Earl of Wessex? The Earl of an earldom that doesn’t exist greeting activists for a state that shouldn’t exist. Was there a message from the royals there?
Filed under: Israel, Israel at 60, JNF, Ron Prosor, Windsor Castle | Tags: dinner, Prince Edward, UJIA
Its disgusting that the poor can’t celebrate the ethnic cleaning of Palestine! Well according to Rachel Fletcher, Leon Symons and Candice Krieger it is:
Prince Edward became the first royal officially to participate in Israel’s independence celebrations at a JNF-UJIA dinner at Windsor Castle on Monday. Standing in for his father, the Duke of Edinburgh who had been hospitalised with a chest infection several days earlier, the Earl of Wessex attended a champagne reception for the 300-strong gathering. Even though he left before dinner, he greeted guests including Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor and Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks.
And a number of leading community names were also absent. Sources suggested that the venue and the £5,000-per-couple price had been seen by some as exclusive and prohibitive.
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Filed under: Israel, Israel's 60th Birthday, Royal Family, UK, Windsor Castle, london
The protest at Windsor Castle has made it into the Israeli press already – lets hope it will get more attention during the event. The article also mentions the work of Professor Sands which I thought was excellent and added an article of his to the resources page. You can read it here on Peoples Geography.
As the Jewish people prepare for the 60th birthday of the re-establishment of the Jewish state, the detractors of that state, and of the people whose national interests it was re-established to serve, are also preparing themselves for this event. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, for instance, is calling upon its followers to demonstrate at Windsor Castle against the JNF’s gala banquet there on April 7, with the slogan “Come Spoil Israel’s 60th Birthday Bash”, and we can be sure that the spoilers will be out in force. We can also be certain that, as the 60th anniversary (14 May) approaches, the spoilers will make every effort to focus the media’s attention on Jewish opponents of Jewish nationalism — Zionism — and I fully expect the usual suspects to be wheeled before the media.
With this prospect in mind, and mindful also of the adage that to be forewarned is to be forearmed, let me therefore also bring to your attention a relative newcomer to the brigade of Jewish enemies of Jewish nationalism, Shlomo Sand, who is a professor of history at Tel Aviv University.
Filed under: 2008, Israel, Israel's 60th Birthday, JNF, May, Palestine, Peaceful Protest, Royal Family, UK, Windsor Castle, london | Tags: demonstration, Downing Street, Gaza, ILA HAIFA
Some upcoming events in the UK really worth attending -
Windsor JNF dinner Protest
MONDAY 7TH APRIL, 6PM ONWARDS
‘COME SPOIL ISRAEL’S 60TH BIRTHDAY BASH AT WINDSOR CASTLE’
Demonstrate against Israel’s 60th Birthday celebrations at Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire. Come with banners and placards and join us at the main entrance to the castle, Henry V111th Gate, Castle Hill, Off High Street, Windsor, Berks.
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Filed under: Gordon Brown, Israel, Israel's 60th Birthday, JNF, Royal Family, UK, Windsor Castle | Tags: Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip
An article by Tony Greenstein, Israel’s Royal Welcome, on the JNF dinner at Windsor castle -”An organisation which discriminates against non-Jews is having a ‘charitable’ dinner at Windsor Castle.” The article includes part of the response to a letter of Petition to the Duke of Edinburgh (I’m trying to get permission to publish the full letter and reply on the site – watch this space).
On April 7, Prince Philip will be hosting a dinner at Windsor Castle organised by the Jewish National Fund. They will be marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Israeli state. However this is not a private dinner. Nor is the JNF an ordinary organisation.
The JNF was established in 1901 as the land settlement wing of the World Zionist Organisation. It became one of the primary instruments involved in planning for the dispossession and expulsion of the Palestinians. Up until 1948 it purchased land for settlement, often from absentee landlords, and then evicted the peasants from that land. Unlike the normal practice under colonial rule, the Palestinians were not re-employed as wage labourers but excluded from the land altogether. This was the concept of Jewish land. But even by 1947 less than 7% of the land of Palestine had been bought up.
Filed under: 1948, 2008, Anniversary, Anniversary Plans, Israel, Israel at 60 Celebration, Israel's 60th Anniversary, Israel's 60th Birthday, Israel@60, Palestine, UK, Who's Celebrating?, Windsor Castle
Action alert from the Friends of Al-Aqsa.
Supporters of the state of Israel are planning its 60th Birthday celebrations around the world. The Palestinians are also marking this day as the 60th anniversary of the Nakba the catastrophe that cost them their homeland and made them refugees for 6 decades. The brutal occupation continues and every day, Palestinians continue to be killed by the Israeli army who shows little consideration for life and property.
Israel’s planned celebrations include:
1.A JNF funded charity dinner at Windsor Castle
2.An international friendly football game against Manchester United, in Israel
Israel continues in its occupation of Palestinian land. Its building of illegal settlements means that a future Palestinian state is no longer viable. Israel has built a separation wall within the West Bank cutting many Palestinians off from Jerusalem , and imprisoning others on the Israeli side. The death toll continues to rise. Israel must to brought to justice for its War Crimes, and its celebrations must be challenged. Israel is in breach of UN Resolutions, Geneva Convention and International law.
Filed under: 1948, Anniversary, Anniversary Plans, Israel's 60th Anniversary, Israel's 60th Birthday, Israel's Birthday Plans, Israel@60, Jewish State, Location, Royal Family, Shimon Peres, UK, Who's Celebrating?, Windsor Castle | Tags: britain, castle, Doug Krikler, duke, Edinburgh, Jackie Mason, JNF, london, prince charles, Ronald Lauder, Sarit Hadad, UJIA, Wembley Stadium, Windsor, World Jewish Congress, Zionist federation
The Royal Family will apparently be helping to celebrate the 60th year since 1948 when the Palestinians were ethnically cleansed to make the Jewish State. Is it surprising that the Royals would be so keen to celebrate such wanton imperialism, militarism, murder and colonialism? Its about as surprising as Harry wearing the Nazi uniform. They are figureheads whose very position represents this kind of violence. Many hold military positions and Harry “Hammer of Arabs” was quite keen to get over to Iraq saying “there’s no way I’m going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country.”
Perhaps I’m being a little unfair as Prince Charles did refuse to visit Israel AP saying “Prince Charles’ office rejected an invitation for his top aides to visit Israel because of concerns the trip would be used to bolster the country’s international image.”
Windsor Castle dinner for Israel’s 60th
01/02/2008
By Jenni Frazer, News Editor
Jewish Chronical: THE ROYAL family is granting two of the community’s biggest charities the use of Windsor Castle for a special anniversary dinner to mark Israel’s 60th anniversary in April, the JC can reveal.Excited officials from UJIA and the JNF said they were in the early stages of planning the April 7 event, which will be held in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh. The guest of honour is to be Israeli President Shimon Peres, who will be in Britain before hosting a major international 60th-anniversary conference in Jerusalem in May. Invitations for the Jerusalem conference have gone out to President George Bush and heads of state. (more…)
