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...
by Hannah Blazer | Dec 24, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons With the ongoing, devastating war in Gaza, 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 the worst year for settler violence in...
by Hannah Blazer | Dec 24, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo Credit: Mati Milstein for NIF As the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorated last year, NIF’s global network took the unusual step of raising funds to help feed innocent people in Gaza. We identified two international aid organizations who were best...
by Hannah Blazer | Dec 12, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights, New Initiatives for Democracy
The winter session of the Knesset has barely begun, but the Netanyahu government is wasting no time jump-starting its program to weaken Israel’s democratic institutions in this new Knesset winter session. A key example of Netanyahu’s ongoing attempt to weaken the...
