by Zoe Bernard | Apr 18, 2022 | News, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
Over the course of one week in March, 11 Israeli citizens were murdered by three Palestinian assailants, two of them Israeli citizens. A fourth attack, in Tel Aviv on April 7, took three more lives. Shatil, NIFC project partners, and organizations funded by the NIF...
by Zoe Bernard | Apr 18, 2022 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Lakiya, a recognized Bedouin township, is one of the poorest communities in Israel and suffers from a lack of adequate planning and infrastructure. This situation has led to a dearth of services and employment, as well as related environmental, social, and economic...
by Zoe Bernard | Apr 18, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights, News
At the end of March, Israel’s Supreme Court held a hearing on the pending demolition of 38 homes in Al-Walaja, a Palestinian village in East Jerusalem. The hearing lasted approximately five minutes, during which the judges decided to postpone the proceedings for seven...
by Hannah Cohen | Apr 1, 2022 | New Initiatives for Democracy, News
Shatil continues to be a leader in helping social change organizations develop work to address the climate emergency. In January of this year, we shared news of a joint initiative of Shatil and NIFC project partner Heschel Center for Sustainability to promote climate...
by Hannah Cohen | Mar 28, 2022 | Gender Equality, News, Social and Economic Justice
One might be surprised to learn that while nearly 70% of Israel’s civil society sector employees are women, less than 50% of civil society organizations are led by women. In an opinion piece in Haaretz this month, Shatil’s director, Esther Sivan, pointed out that...
by Hannah Cohen | Mar 28, 2022 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Israel’s Ministry of Transportation has placed bus stops at the entrances to unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev following a joint campaign by NIFC project partner Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), and a number of organizations funded by the NIF...
