8 May 2026

Lede: Alan Mendoza, whose charity donated £1m to "Israel's largest militia",
fails to be re-elected as Reform UK councillor

The president of the UK branch of the Jewish National Fund (JNF), an
organisation involved in the displacement of Palestinians, has failed to be
re-elected as a councillor for the right-wing Reform UK party.

Alan Mendoza was a Conservative councillor in Westminster before defecting to
Reform UK last year. He is reportedly a chief adviser to the party on global
affairs.

In Thursday's local elections, he lost in the Abbey Road ward in Westminster to
Conservative candidates.

Mendoza is the executive director of the right-wing think tank the Henry Jackson
Society and the head of the JNF UK.

The British charity has donated £1m ($1.36m) to "Israel's largest militia" and
has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted for war crimes by the
International Criminal Court, as an honorary patron.

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-- https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/head-jewish-national-fund-uk-loses-council-seat-uk-local-elections