ICEJ Joins With KKL-JNF to Invest in Israel’s ‘Green’ Future

KKL-JNF was represented at the ceremony by Ronnie Vinnikov, Head of Resource Development and External Affairs Division, and Elisha Mizrahi, Manager of the Friends of Israel Department. The ICEJ delegation was led by vice presidents David Parsons and Barry Denison from the Jerusalem head office, and included representatives from 22 nations worldwide who are in Israel to participate in the organization’s annual International Leadership Conference.

“The Christian Embassy has a long history of partnering with KKL-JNF from our inception in 1980, and through our joint efforts Christians from around the world have planted hundreds of thousands of trees all around Israel”, said Dr. Jürgen Bühler, ICEJ President. “This is a nation which has emerged as a global leader in water conservation, reforestation, and many other laudable initiatives to preserve and enhance the environment. We aspire to better inform Christians worldwide about this exemplary record and KKl-JNF’s central role in it. We also want to encourage Christians to continue investing as never before in the greening of Israel for future generations.

The ICEJ’s revitalized partnership with KKL-JNF also will be highlighted during the upcoming Feast of Tabernacles celebration for Christians in October. The Feast schedule will include a special solidarity rally with the Jewish National Fund and Israeli communities along the Gaza border to promote efforts to replant forests in the area burned by terror fire-balloons as well as tree plantings to create visual security shields for the local farming villages along the border.”