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 | May 20, 2023 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Earlier this month, Dima Bushak, a 19-year-old woman, was shot dead in the Bedouin village of Sallama in the Galilee. The day before, two men were shot dead in Arab towns in Israel. So far this year, 75 Arab citizens of Israel have been murdered. Since Itamar Ben-Gvir...
by Hannah Cohen | May 19, 2023 | Social and Economic Justice
NIFC flagship project partner the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has petitioned the Court for Administrative Affairs in Tel Aviv-Yafo against the policy of the Bat Yam Mayor and municipality that forbids unhoused people from sleeping in public places....
by Hannah Cohen | Apr 28, 2023 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Photo credit: David Cohen Since the start of 2023, 50 Israeli Arabs have been murdered. That is more than double the number over the same period in 2022. Indeed, last weekend alone four people were murdered —including an 11-year old boy named Mohammed in the Negev...
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 | 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...
