by Hannah Blazer | May 2, 2024 | New Initiatives for Democracy, News
Since October 7, Israel has had many plans for fighting battles, but no plans for building peace. The lack of hope and vision for an alternative to war has led many to feel that the only way they can survive here is to live by the sword forever. More Israelis are...
by Hannah Cohen | Nov 30, 2023 | New Initiatives for Democracy
Israel has changed, we have changed, reality has changed. As Naomi Chazan, former president of NIF’s international board, has said, “there won’t be a single day when we declare that we’re ‘after’ [October 7th]—in fact, we’re already living it”. This idea—that we...
by Hannah Cohen | Jun 30, 2023 | New Initiatives for Democracy
For the twenty-fourth week in a row, Israelis have been spending their Saturday nights protesting. For eight months, social change organizations have been working on overdrive to protect the rights of persecuted groups and combat the strategic dismantling of...
by Hannah Cohen | Apr 28, 2023 | New Initiatives for Democracy
Ghadir Hani, an activist with NIF grantees Omdim Beyahad-Naqef Ma’an (Standing Together) and Women Wage Peace recently addressed one of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tel Aviv. She said, “I am here, Ghadir Hani, standing in front of you and my heart is heavy and...
by Hannah Cohen | Jan 27, 2023 | New Initiatives for Democracy, News
The New Israel Fund in Israel supported the first-ever conference for Israel’s religious left on Monday, January 23rd in Jerusalem, with over a thousand registrants and over 600 participants in the event, a...
by Hannah Cohen | Nov 24, 2022 | New Initiatives for Democracy
Photo: Courtesy of Shatil Staff “I feel like I need to learn an entirely new job, and it is difficult to move forward…the bottom line is I need another Shatil training ASAP.” In the wake of last week’s elections, Dr. Shani Bar Tuvia is one of many members of civil...
