Partner Profile: Carmen Elmakiyes-Amos

Shatil’s Public Housing Forum There are far too many women who live in public housing in Israel who have harrowing stories to tell. These stories are too often ones of sexual abuse or harassment on the part of housing officials and others in positions of power....

Partner Profile: Rawnak Natour

Sikkuy – The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality Rawnak Natour has devoted her professional life to promoting civil rights and equality in employment and education and struggling against the discrimination of minorities. As Co-Executive Director of...

ACRI Report: More Anti-Democratic Bills

The following informational report details some of the anti-democratic initiatives and bills promoted in the 20th Knesset, published in October 2018 by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). ACRI is the oldest and largest Israeli civil liberties...

What we mean when we say “Democracy”

By Ben Murane, Executive Director As we analyze the initial results of the Israeli and American elections, I am uplifted and also still troubled. Democracy isn’t something that I take for granted anymore. We are lucky in Canada to live in a place where our votes...