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 | Jan 17, 2023 | Human and Civil Rights
Last week the Israeli military announced that it soon plans to start preparation for the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in the Masafer Yatta region in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank. NIFC flagship partner the Association for Civil Rights in...
by Hannah Cohen | Jan 17, 2023 | Gender Equality
By Sylvia Bashevkin, NIFC Advisory Council What stands out most boldly in recent news from Israel? The courageous opposition of so many diverse women to the perilous directions of Bibi’s sixth government. On January 14, a sea of schoolgirls, young professionals and...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 16, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
FakeReporter, an organization supported by the NIF global network, has exposed two Twitter accounts with fake names opened in November by IDF soldiers serving in the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank. The accounts have been used to harass activists protesting the...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 16, 2022 | Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Photo: Steve Kwak Hadassah Medical Center in the Ein Kerem area of Jerusalem is expected to reinstate Dr. Ahmed Mahajana after accusations against him by the right-wing organization Btsalmo. In November, Btsalmo claimed that Dr. Mahajana, a cardiothoracic surgeon, had...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 16, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights
In late November, six buses of anti-occupation activists from dozens of organizations traveled to Hebron on a solidarity tour led by NIFC project partner Breaking the Silence and co-sponsored by six groups including NIF, to visit the city’s Palestinians. Israel’s...
