by Hannah Blazer | Jan 28, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights
Since October 7th, NIF has followed the lead of those families whose loved ones are held captive in Gaza. We have seen it as our role, as the engine of Israeli civil society, to support them. That’s what we’ve been doing for the last fifteen months. The Hostages and...
by Hannah Blazer | Jan 28, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights
One of the key provisions of the ceasefire deal which went into effect last week is that more aid will flow into Gaza. In the first two weeks or so of January, just 614 trucks entered the Strip. Now that number enters nearly every day. The aid trucks bring much-needed...
by Hannah Blazer | Jan 28, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights
Guns have finally fallen silent in Gaza. But throughout the West Bank, settlers and the military have brought those guns to Palestinian villages throughout Area C. Over the few days after the ceasefire went into effect, gangs of settlers have attacked a number of...
by Hannah Blazer | Jan 28, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights
In September, a 12-year-old schoolgirl in Be’er Sheva expressed solidarity with Gazan children in her classroom. Her classmates harassed and physically attacked her, with the explicit encouragement of right-wing officials and influencers. Yet it was the schoolgirl who...
by Hannah Blazer | Jan 28, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights, New Initiatives for Democracy
The Knesset has been in session for more than two months. And the Netanyahu government is plowing ahead with its anti-democratic agenda. Netanyahu and his ministers have already developed a raft of legislation that actively eats away at the core of Israel’s democracy....
by Hannah Blazer | Jan 28, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights
Earlier this month, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and the Adalah Center won a victory for democracy. Itamar Ben-Gvir, as a part of his coalition agreement to join Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government, had been promised significant and expanded...
