by Hannah Cohen | Aug 31, 2023 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
By Ben Murane, Executive Director Murders are skyrocketing within the Arab sector in Israel – already 159 this year – in a relentless crime wave driven by decades of Israeli governmental neglect. The situation has reached terrifying heights under Minister of National...
by Hannah Cohen | Aug 30, 2023 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
The “March of the Dead” was held earlier this month in protest against the incompetence of the police in handling the significant escalation of crime in Arab neighborhoods. It was joined by NIFC project partners including the Abraham Initiatives, as well as other...
by Hannah Cohen | Aug 30, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
When the Knesset’s summer session began, the government introduced legislation attacking civil society almost immediately and far-right ministers were introducing anti-democratic legislation left and right: laws against civil rights groups, against freedom of...
by Hannah Cohen | Aug 30, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Thirty-eight human rights organizations, including many NIFC partners, submitted a petition against the government’s removal of the “reasonableness” clause. The clause allowed Israeli courts to annul administrative decisions by elected officials, including ministers....
by Hannah Cohen | Jul 26, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Earlier this month, Israel’s premier news channel, Channel 12, aired a report about the escalating violence by police against demonstrators protesting the government’s judicial overhaul. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel’s (ACRI) Freedom of Protest...
by Hannah Cohen | Jul 26, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo credit: (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A large delegation of Tag Meir (Light Tag) activists paid a solidarity visit to the Arab town of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem after Jewish terrorists set fire to four of the residents’ cars and sprayed graffiti on its walls. The...
