by Hannah Cohen | Jan 17, 2023 | News
By Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO Two Saturdays ago, tens of thousands of Israelis, led by NIF grantee Standing Together (Omdim Beyachad-Naqif Ma’an), took to the streets to protest the radical and antidemocratic agenda of Israel’s new government. NIF was proud...
by Hannah Cohen | Jan 17, 2023 | Gender Equality
By Sylvia Bashevkin, NIFC Advisory Council What stands out most boldly in recent news from Israel? The courageous opposition of so many diverse women to the perilous directions of Bibi’s sixth government. On January 14, a sea of schoolgirls, young professionals and...
by Hannah Cohen | Jan 5, 2023 | News, NIF
In response to Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin announcing sweeping changes that would undermine the independence of the judiciary, NIF’s CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement: “A country that removes basic democratic checks and balances and...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 31, 2022 | News, NIF
Responding to news that Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu has sworn in the most hardline government in Israel’s history, the following six Canadian Jewish organizations issued the following statement: Our eight Canadian Jewish organizations join the broad chorus...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 29, 2022 | News
In response to Benjamin Netanyahu’s formation of Israel’s new hardline government, the New Israel Fund International CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement: “For over four decades, the New Israel Fund has worked to defend liberal democracy in Israel....
