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A Year of Breakthroughs: Pro-LGBTQ Successes within Israel’s Government Ministries

A Year of Breakthroughs: Pro-LGBTQ Successes within Israel’s Government Ministries

by Zoe Bernard | Jun 22, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights, News

In the midst of Israel’s Pride Month, NIF conducted an interview with Or Keshet, a 38-year-old lawyer who for the past three years has served as Director of Government Relations for The Aguda — Israel’s LGBT Task Force, an organization funded by the NIF global...
Combatting Erasure of Women From Public Spaces

Combatting Erasure of Women From Public Spaces

by Hannah Cohen | May 27, 2022 | Gender Equality, Religious Freedom

Israel’s Dan Bus Company has withdrawn its requirement that drivers check the ‘modesty’ of ads on their buses before driving through the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. The change came after the policy was exposed by the Israeli newspaper, Globes. The bus company...
Fighting Expulsions in the South Hebron Hills

Fighting Expulsions in the South Hebron Hills

by Zoe Bernard | May 19, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights, News

After a decades-long legal battle that began in the 1980s, Israel’s Supreme Court has approved the eviction of more than 1,000 Palestinians from eight villages in the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank. The region of the West Bank, which the Israeli army refers to as...
Defending Environmental and Health Justice in Tel Aviv

Defending Environmental and Health Justice in Tel Aviv

by Zoe Bernard | May 19, 2022 | Human and Civil Rights, News

NIFC project partner Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has petitioned the Tel Aviv District Court to compel the city to vacate the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station by 2023. Local movements to remove the station have been ongoing for decades, with the building...
Demanding Justice and Transparency for Victims of the Yemenite Children Affair

Demanding Justice and Transparency for Victims of the Yemenite Children Affair

by Zoe Bernard | May 4, 2022 | News, Social and Economic Justice

Three organizations funded by the NIF global network — Amram Association, the Movement for Freedom of Information, and NIFC project partner Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) — petitioned the Jerusalem District Court demanding that the Ministry of Health...
Palestinian-Israeli Iftar in Sheikh Jarrah

Palestinian-Israeli Iftar in Sheikh Jarrah

by Zoe Bernard | May 4, 2022 | News, Shared Society and Combatting Racism

Last week, activists hosted a festive iftar — the traditional Muslim break fast after sunset during Ramadan — and Passover meal in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where eviction orders hang over the heads of many Palestinian residents. Orly Noy, a...
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