by Hannah Cohen | Jul 26, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Photo credit: (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A large delegation of Tag Meir (Light Tag) activists paid a solidarity visit to the Arab town of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem after Jewish terrorists set fire to four of the residents’ cars and sprayed graffiti on its walls. The...
by Hannah Cohen | Jul 26, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Israel has had a law on the books since 2016 that required employers of foreign workers to deposit money from those workers’ salaries into a designated bank account for the employees social benefits. The foreign workers can get those funds (money that they already...
by Hannah Cohen | Jul 26, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
As anyone active in Israel’s social change community knows, long-term planning is tough when emergencies seem to arise all the time. Yet, a vision for a clear future is the cornerstone of successful social change. Amidst the chaos that erupted following the November...
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...
