by Hannah Blazer | Sep 30, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
With the ongoing, devastating war in Gaza and the threat of all-out war with Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border, many in the diaspora and Israel have not been focused on the dramatic rise in settler violence. According to NIFC project partner Yesh Din, 2023 was...
by Hannah Blazer | Aug 29, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights, New Generations
Naomi Chazan Fellows and staff with former NIF President Prof. Naomi Chazan. My name is Syvanne Avitzur, and I am a 2024 Naomi Chazan Fellow, a New Generations Leadership Council Member, and a newly appointed board member of the New Israel Fund of Canada. This summer,...
by Hannah Blazer | Aug 27, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
CNN published a major story in May that brought to light the deplorable conditions found in a military prison in southern Israel. The prison, called Sde Teiman, was being used to hold detainees from Gaza. The story was horrific: Over 1,000 detainees were being held in...
by Hannah Blazer | Aug 27, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
In late May, an Israeli airstrike set a Gazan refugee camp in Rafah ablaze, killing 45 people, half of whom were women, children, or elderly. International media covered the event, one of the deadliest single incidents in Gaza, notwithstanding the latest strike that...
by Hannah Blazer | Jul 30, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights, News
A march in Tel Aviv for Jews and Arabs had been in the works for months. Scheduled to happen on Thursday, July 18, the march was meant to be a demonstration where Israeli citizens of all stripes could come together to call for a ceasefire and a hostage deal. They...
by Hannah Blazer | Jun 7, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
The Jerusalem Pride Parade takes place every year with support from the New Israel Fund. Last week, the parade took place under the banner of freedom — in the most basic sense of the word. Jerusalemites celebrating pride did not take the typical celebratory tone of...
