by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 5, 2020 | News
When the first COVID-19 cases started cropping up in Israel in late February, the government didn’t give much – if any – thought to Israel’s Arab population. How the disease would affect Arab Israeli communities? What steps should be taken to prepare and educate them...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 5, 2020 | News
Thousands of Israelis attended a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Monday night to protest violence against women. The demonstration was organized by a coalition of women’s groups including the Israel Women’s Network (IWN), funded by the NIF global network. Since the...
by nifc-phil-mike | May 26, 2020 | New Initiatives for Democracy, News
By Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund Last Sunday, Israel’s 35th government was sworn in. This “emergency government” came about by virtue of a pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. And it required a novel and unique set of arrangements in order to come...
by nifc-phil-mike | May 26, 2020 | News
NIFC is excited to announce that we are launching an institutional educational partnership with Hashomer Hatzair Canada. This is a partnership based on shared values and both organizations are very pleased to be working together to strengthen those values. Stay tuned...
by nifc-phil-mike | May 25, 2020 | News
The New Israel Fund around the world — here in Canada, as well as in the UK, Australia, Israel and the U.S. — is speaking out against the prospect of Israel’s unilateral annexation of parts of the West Bank as a major threat to Palestinian rights and to...
