by Hannah Cohen | Jul 5, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
7,000 people marched in Jerusalem’s 20th Pride March in June in a celebration of LGBTQ rights in the city. Despite threats of violence, the march ended peacefully amid tight security. Participants marched from Liberty Bell Park to Independence Park in downtown...
by Hannah Cohen | May 27, 2022 | Action Alert
Public Security Minister Omer Barlev gave the go-ahead for the notoriously violent Jerusalem Day Flag March to go through the Old City’s Damascus Gate and its Muslim quarter. Stand with NIFC partner Ir Amim and say no to this dangerous incitement. Sign the petition...
by Hannah Cohen | May 27, 2022 | Gender Equality, Religious Freedom
Israel’s Dan Bus Company has withdrawn its requirement that drivers check the ‘modesty’ of ads on their buses before driving through the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. The change came after the policy was exposed by the Israeli newspaper, Globes. The bus company...
by Hannah Cohen | May 27, 2022 | News
By Daniel Sokatch, International CEO of the New Israel Fund It has been a dizzying political week in Israel. We’ve watched the government (which hangs by a thread after losing its majority with last month’s defection to the opposition of a member of Prime Minister...
by Hannah Cohen | Apr 29, 2022 | News
By Daniel Sokatch, International CEO of the New Israel Fund Last year, around this time, Israel saw the worst intercommunal violence it has seen in decades. Neighbours in Israel’s “mixed” cities like Lod, Akko, Be’er Sheva, and Jerusalem rose up against each other; it...
