by Hannah Cohen | Dec 31, 2020 | Gender Equality, Human and Civil Rights, New Initiatives for Democracy, News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Religious Freedom, Shared Society and Combatting Racism, Social and Economic Justice
As 2020 comes to an end, a year of deep crisis across the world, we reflect on how it affects us all in profound ways. We know that this is a tough time for everyone. COVID has slowed down the rhythm of lives everywhere, but it has also exacerbated existing problems....
by nifc-phil-mike | Oct 15, 2020 | News, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Shared Society and Combatting Racism, Social and Economic Justice
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed large gaps and inequalities in healthcare throughout the world. Israel is no exception. N (we are only using an initial for privacy reasons), a Palestinian woman from the Galilee, was refused treatment at the dialysis centre covered...
by nifc-phil-mike | Sep 20, 2020 | Human and Civil Rights, News, Social and Economic Justice
Earlier this month, Omdim Beyachad (Standing Together), an organization funded by the NIF global network, made national headlines with a chilling and creative protest using 1,019 empty chairs in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. Each chair had the name of an Israeli who died...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jul 22, 2020 | News, Social and Economic Justice
Israel’s 12,000 social workers, 90% of whom are women, are entering the 15th day of their strike (as of July 20) to demand fundamental changes to the impossible situation in which social workers find themselves. A social worker in Israel is in charge of an average of...
