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 | Oct 28, 2022 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Walking back from the first meeting of the Shatil-coordinated Rawabit leadership training program, Tammer’s phone was lighting up feverishly with messages from the cohort WhatsApp group about how the program is precisely what Arab civil society in Israel needs. The...
by Hannah Cohen | Sep 22, 2022 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
The first-ever comprehensive research report on building in Arab areas in Israel found that 30,000 homes in Arab Israeli towns and villages are in danger of being demolished due to a lack of legal building permits enabling new construction. The report by Sikkuy-Aufoq...
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...
