by Hannah Cohen | May 19, 2023 | Social and Economic Justice
NIFC flagship project partner the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has petitioned the Court for Administrative Affairs in Tel Aviv-Yafo against the policy of the Bat Yam Mayor and municipality that forbids unhoused people from sleeping in public places....
by Hannah Cohen | May 1, 2023 | News
Since the start of this year, Israel’s new government repeatedly set off confusion and alarm bells in Jewish communities across Canada. Extremists in government advanced policies aimed at removing the checks and balances on their power, as well as encouraged...
by Hannah Cohen | Apr 28, 2023 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Photo credit: David Cohen Since the start of 2023, 50 Israeli Arabs have been murdered. That is more than double the number over the same period in 2022. Indeed, last weekend alone four people were murdered —including an 11-year old boy named Mohammed in the Negev...
by Hannah Cohen | Apr 28, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Dozens of Israelis rallied outside of Israel Police Tel Aviv District headquarters this week to protest the police’s failure to charge perpetrators of homophobic hate crimes. The demonstration was organized by The Aguda – Israel’s LGBT Task Force, an organization...
by Hannah Cohen | Apr 28, 2023 | New Initiatives for Democracy
Ghadir Hani, an activist with NIF grantees Omdim Beyahad-Naqef Ma’an (Standing Together) and Women Wage Peace recently addressed one of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tel Aviv. She said, “I am here, Ghadir Hani, standing in front of you and my heart is heavy and...
