by Lauren Zilberman | Dec 30, 2025 | Gender Equality, Human and Civil Rights, New Initiatives for Democracy, News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Religious Freedom, Shared Society and Combatting Racism, Social and Economic Justice
This year has been tough for Israeli civil society, but they still stood firm for our shared values: democracy, equality, and peace. In fact even amid political turmoil, war, and deep social challenges, your giving fueled these Israeli partners to fight relentlessly...
by Lauren Zilberman | Dec 12, 2025 | Action Alert, Human and Civil Rights, News, NIF
In late October, two American activists—volunteers with an NIF partner organization, Achvat Amim—were detained, deported from Israel, and handed a 10-year entry ban. They had been traveling through the West Bank to work alongside Palestinian farmers, who every year...
by Lauren Zilberman | Dec 12, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights, News, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Two years ago, the Jordan Valley Regional Council began confiscating livestock that they had deemed to be “stray” animals from Palestinian shepherds, and demanding outrageous sums of money for their return. Regional Councils in the West Bank are bodies of officials...
by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 21, 2025 | Featured, Human and Civil Rights, NIF, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
By: Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO Earlier this week, Zak Witus, NIF’s director of young leadership, was detained in Ben Gurion airport on his way back from Israel. He had been leading a group of Jewish young people, participants in the NIF’s Global Activism...
by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 21, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights, News
Photo Credit: Yossi Zamir, Shatil Stock Earlier this month, the Knesset passed the first reading of a bill that would introduce a mandatory death penalty for those convicted of “nationalist-motivated” murder or terrorism. According to NIFC partner The Association for...
by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 21, 2025 | Human and Civil Rights, News, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Cantor Cheryl Wunch is a member of NIFC’s Rabbinical and Cantorial Cabinet. She is the Spiritual Leader of Congregation Shir Libeynu. By: Cantor Cheryl Wunch This year, the High Holy Day season was especially challenging for members of the New Israel Fund of Canada’s...
