by nifc-phil-mike | Aug 6, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News
While much of the world talks about the “new normal” as COVID-19 has disrupted old routines, one thing about life in the West Bank has not changed: Jewish settler violence against Palestinians. B’Tselem: The Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jul 15, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
On the morning of May 30th, Jerusalem woke up to the announcement that a Palestinian man was shot to death by the border police. The public soon learned that the man was 32-year-old Eyad Hallaq, who was unarmed and on his way to the Elwyn center, where he spent his...
by nifc-phil-mike | Apr 23, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News
NIFC project partner Ir Amim recently released a new analysis paper detailing the ramifications of Trump’s Plan on the future of Jerusalem. Update from Ir Amim: Just a few days ago, Benny Gantz, head of the Blue and White party, reneged on his campaign promises and...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jan 24, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News, Religious Freedom
Israeli mayors and educators mobilized to condemn homophobia after Israel’s interim Education Minister Rafi Peretz made hateful comments earlier this month about LGBTQ people. Peretz, who has previously voiced support for gay conversion therapy, was asked in an...
by nifc-phil-mike | May 23, 2019 | Human and Civil Rights, News
After the national-religious Jewish Home party put up campaign ads in Ramle that used racist imagery and warned of intermarriage between Jews and Arabs, one of our NIFC partners spoke out. Sikkuy: The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality, The Association...
by nifc-phil-mike | Mar 25, 2018 | Human and Civil Rights, News
The New Israel Fund of Canada is proud of our work defending refugee rights in Israel. Together with hundreds of Canadian Jews who have joined in efforts with Israeli activists, we are working to protect the rights Canadians and Israelis cherish. Canadians donated...
