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What we’re proud of this year – and preparing for next year
By Ben Murane, Executive Director Across Israel today, there is a great struggle over which path the country should take in the aftermath of the horrifying Hamas attack of October 7th and the ongoing war. There are two powerful narrative visions at work. One of these...
Raising Awareness of Settler Violence Through Documentation
On the same night that Israeli and international media zeroed in on the violent attacks in Amsterdam against Jewish Israeli soccer fans, extremist Jewish Israeli settlers were violently attacking Palestinians more than 2,500 miles away. NIF grantees and NIFC project...
Honouring the Memory of Vivian Silver: A New Award for Female Peacebuilders
Vivian Silver z”l was a lifelong peace activist, CEO of the Negev Institute for Peace and Development Strategies, founder of the Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment, and Cooperation, and an active NIF board member. A friend to many in our community, she was a...
Envisioning The Negev Anew Through Equality and Partnership
“October 7 physically and metaphorically shattered our homes into pieces that cannot be reassembled.” —Noam Stahl, Kfar Aza resident As NIF prepares to launch the new Equality and Partnership in the Negev project, staff members visited Kibbutz Kfar Aza, the...
Campaigning to Empower Israel’s Liberal Centre
Over the last few weeks, NIF grantee Have You Seen the Horizon Lately has plastered Israel’s major traffic arteries with huge billboards reminding Israelis of something that, in the current political climate, they do not always feel: That they have a choice. These...
Briefing on Israel’s Regional Dynamics: Iran and its Proxies
On Monday, October 28, 2024, NIF gathered for a webinar to discuss the recent developments in the Middle East regional dynamics between Israel and Iran, as well as the impact of the current multi-front war on Israel. Senior Director of Media and Policy, Elisheva...
A Year After Oct. 7th, Will Israel Choose the Way of Peace, or that of Religious Nationalism?
By Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO Across Israel today, there is a great struggle over the meaning of the horrifying Hamas attack of Oct. 7th, 2023. There are two powerful narrative visions at work. One of these is the vision of Israel’s minister for national...
Combatting Censorship of Palestinian Citizens of Israel
On October 7, 2024, Intisar Hijazi, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and school counselor in Nazareth, was accused of “incitement to terrorism” for reposting a TikTok video of herself dancing from one year ago. Just hours after posting the video, she was arrested. A...
Welcoming the 2024-25 NIF Froman Social Change Rabbinical Fellows
Amidst the joyous holiday of Sukkot, we are thrilled to announce the 2024-2025 Elissa Froman Social Change Fellowship cohort in New York and Los Angeles. Throughout the week of Sukkot, we dwell in booths, sukkot, that represent the Clouds of Glory that protected the...
Bringing Arabs and Jews Together for a Day of Mourning and Hope
On October 9 2024, hundreds of Arabs and Jews from throughout Israel — including Jewish gap-year participants and young Bedouin — poured out of buses in front of Hebrew Union College. They were attending the “A Day of Pain; A Day of Hope,” event in which Shatil (NIF's...
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