by nifc-phil-mike | Nov 13, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News
As all eyes were focused on the American election, last Tuesday, Israel took the step of demolishing the West Bank community of Khirbet Humsa, in the Jordan Valley, in what the U.N. officials described an act of “forced displacement” – and the largest in a decade....
by nifc-phil-mike | Oct 29, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News
NIFC flagship project partner the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has submitted two petitions to the Jerusalem Court of Administrative Affairs on the failure of the Israel Police and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to reveal their use of facial...
by nifc-phil-mike | Oct 29, 2020 | News, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Olive trees not only evoke images of the West Bank landscape, but they are also vital in providing a livelihood for Palestinian farmers. The olive branch is also a symbol of peace and coexistence but that does not prevent extremist Jewish settlers frequently damaging...
by nifc-phil-mike | Oct 29, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News
A report by six organizations funded by the NIF global network has found that the country’s asylum seekers have been left destitute by the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and has called on the government to intervene to prevent a humanitarian...
by nifc-phil-mike | Oct 15, 2020 | New Initiatives for Democracy, News
NIFC project partner Zazim – Community Action is organizing an online petition to protest the fact that hundreds of thousands of Israeli children cannot participate in remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic because they don’t have access to an internet-connected...
