by Hannah Cohen | Jan 30, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
On January 18, thousands of Israelis–Jewish and Palestinian–took to the streets, chanting “only peace will bring security.” NIF partners Standing Together, Women Wage Peace, and so many others organized in cities across Israel—their demands? An end to the war and the...
by Hannah Cohen | Jan 12, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo Credit: Daphne Banky/Shatil Stock For nearly a year before October 7, Israelis were protesting their far-right government’s attempt to strip the Supreme Court of key powers. Last week, the court pushed back. When we heard the news, NIF’s International CEO,...
by Hannah Cohen | Jan 12, 2024 | Human and Civil Rights
A new coalition calling itself the “pro-human” camp, led by Amnesty International Israel, published a letter declaring their commitment to something we wish were obvious: to fighting the dehumanization of Gazans, Palestinians, and Muslims as well as of Israelis and...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 27, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo credit: Noam Amir, Shatil Stock On December 13th, a group of Israeli organizations—many of them NIF grantees—published a major letter to President Biden urging him to insist that the Israeli military change its strategy to avoid further civilian deaths and the...
by Hannah Cohen | Nov 29, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Earlier this year, NIFC approved emergency funding for a project with Haqel – In Defense of Human Rights, a Jewish-Arab human rights group that works in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Throughout the year, settler violence against Palestinians in the West...
by Hannah Cohen | Nov 7, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
With so many eyes on Gaza after Hamas’ horrific attack on Israeli communities and the subsequent military bombardment and ground invasion of the Strip, very few are focused on what is going on in the West Bank. Israeli settlers, backed by the government and military,...
