by Hannah Cohen | Jun 30, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
NIFC project partner FakeReporter, in cooperation with our project partner Breaking the Silence, aided a recent investigation by CNN. The investigation found that far-right groups on WhatsApp had announced their plans to attack the Palestinian village of Huwara, yet...
by Hannah Cohen | Jun 12, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo courtesy of Jerusalem Open House This June Israelis will be staging more LGBTQ+ Pride events than ever before. The month began last Thursday with 30,000 people marching through Jerusalem in the annual Pride Parade. Jerusalem Open House Chairman Jonathan Valfer...
by Hannah Cohen | Jun 12, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
By Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO When the first rally for gay rights was held in Tel Aviv in 1979, Israeli law still prohibited sodomy. And when, in 1989, NIF helped a gay El Al employee successfully file a lawsuit to challenge the company’s discrimination...
by Hannah Cohen | May 20, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo credit: Makbula Nassar Earlier this month Amnesty International reported that the Israeli military is using a facial recognition technology system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians in the West Bank and automate harsh restrictions on their freedom of...
by Hannah Cohen | Apr 28, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Dozens of Israelis rallied outside of Israel Police Tel Aviv District headquarters this week to protest the police’s failure to charge perpetrators of homophobic hate crimes. The demonstration was organized by The Aguda – Israel’s LGBT Task Force, an organization...
by Hannah Cohen | Mar 31, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights, News
Shortly after Benjamin Netanyahu’s government took power, NIFC’s flagship partner the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) petitioned to overturn some of the new, expanded powers that Netanyahu had granted Itamar Ben Gvir in his role as National...
