by Lauren Zilberman | Nov 7, 2025 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Since the start of the year, more than 200 Palestinian citizens of Israel have been murdered, including two teenagers killed within just six hours of each other; Hussein Mazarka, 17, was stabbed to death during a dispute in Kfar Kara by another student, while Qasem...
by Fram Dinshaw | Aug 28, 2025 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Mohanad Berekdar is a long-time civil society leader in Israel, a Palestinian citizen, and the director of NIF’s Nasij (“Tapestry” in Arabic) program strengthening the civil society of Palestinian citizens of Israel. He explains the reality on the ground for his...
by Hannah Blazer | May 28, 2025 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
This month, Dr. Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya, a vice president of the board of the New Israel Fund took the stage at NIF’s yearly conference in Haifa in conjunction with the Haaretz newspaper. Below is a translated and edited version of Nasreen’s remarks: “I want to...
by Hannah Blazer | Mar 30, 2025 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
The following speech was given by NIF International Board Member and expert in Arab-Jewish relations, Dr. Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya, to Israel’s President Isaac Herzog on the occasion of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, 2025. Good evening to you, Mr. President, Mrs....
by Hannah Blazer | Dec 24, 2024 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Photo Credit: Yossi Zamir, Shatil Stock At a time when the media is preoccupied by wars, regime changes, regional power plays, and Trump’s inauguration day, very few are focused on what is happening to the Negev Bedouin: mass home demolitions and displacement of...
by Hannah Blazer | Nov 27, 2024 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
“October 7 physically and metaphorically shattered our homes into pieces that cannot be reassembled.” —Noam Stahl, Kfar Aza resident As NIF prepares to launch the new Equality and Partnership in the Negev project, staff members visited Kibbutz Kfar Aza, the...
