by Hannah Cohen | Oct 28, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
Until recently, Israel Police was able to break up demonstrations without any oversight of the methods used, because procedures for dispersing protest have remained confidential. But following a petition by NIFC flagship project partner the Association for Civil...
by Hannah Cohen | Sep 22, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
FakeReporter, an Israeli disinformation watchdog group supported by the NIF global network, exposed a popular Twitter account that had been working to support Likud leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as fake. The account had been promoting messages...
by Hannah Cohen | Sep 2, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
Last week, Israel’s Ministry of Education demanded that the Tel Aviv Municipality remove maps that include the Green Line — the pre-1967 border between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories — from classroom walls. This week, Israel’s Education Forum for...
by Hannah Cohen | Aug 24, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
Photographer: Alex Farfuri, photo courtesy of Shatil Meet Nadia Tatarenko – Immigrants for Successful Absorption This year, Shatil commemorates its 40th anniversary through the exhibition 40×40 Changing Reality that pays tribute to four decades of key changemakers in...
by Hannah Cohen | Aug 24, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
The Israel Police Investigations Department in the Ministry of Justice is tasked with examining police violence, primarily committed against minorities. Yet a study by NIFC flagship project partner the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has found that only...
by Hannah Cohen | Aug 24, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
NIFC project partner Breaking the Silence recently published a landmark report on Israel’s Civil Administration, known more formally as the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, or COGAT. Breaking the Silence has documented the experiences of IDF...
