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...
by Hannah Cohen | Feb 7, 2022 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
By Esther Sivan, Director of Shatil, NIF’s action arm in Israel Back in 2010, the Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemet L’Israel (JNF-KKL), planned to plant a forest on top of the Bedouin town of Al-Araqib in the Negev. The Bedouin opposed the plan, and protested....
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 17, 2021 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Israel’s “government of change” presents a unique opportunity for Palestinian-Israeli social change organizations to advance progressive policies related to health, land, education, personal security, and much more. But, as NIFC project partner Shatil’s own research...
by Hannah Cohen | Nov 25, 2021 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
In Jerusalem, a local subsidiary of an American software design company is working to improve diversity in its 500-person workspace thanks to Shatil. As part of Shatil’s “Diversity in the Workplace” project, the company is working to increase the diversity of staff...
by Hannah Cohen | Oct 18, 2021 | Palestinian Citizens of Israel
After years of social change organizations campaigning for improved health services in Israel’s Arab communities, Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz Party) announced the allocation of an additional $200 million (NIS 650 million) to the Arab health sector. For...
by Hannah Cohen | Oct 14, 2021 | Gender Equality, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Last week, Hasoub — a movement of Palestinian citizens of Israel developing the next generation of tech leaders — organized a hackathon to create technological initiatives to combat the growing violence in Israel’s Arab communities. Hasoub organized the event together...