by Zoe Bernard | Aug 18, 2022 | News, NIF
Responding to the news that the Israeli military raided the offices of six Palestinian human rights organizations and posted closure orders, the New Israel Fund of Canada released the following statement: “The Israeli government’s decision to raid and shutter the...
by Zoe Bernard | Aug 15, 2022 | News, NIF
NIF’s action-arm, Shatil, teamed up with NIF globally funded, National Committee for Heads of Arab Local Authorities (NCHALA) to help Palestinian citizens of Israel who run NGOs sharpen their advocacy skills. What they couldn’t have predicted was the incredible...
by Hannah Cohen | Feb 22, 2022 | NIF
Mazal Bisawer, NIF Grants Officer, Shared Society & Gender Equality Mazal Bisawer doesn’t remember a time when she didn’t know what racism was. Growing up in Kiryat Gat in the 90s, other children called her hurtful names. “For Ethiopian Israeli kids, hearing...
by Hannah Cohen | Sep 29, 2021 | Human and Civil Rights, NIF
(September 29, 2021) In response to the news that Jewish settlers carried out violent attacks against Palestinians and their villages in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank, New Israel Fund in the US released the following statement: These acts of violence are...
by Hannah Cohen | Aug 24, 2021 | Human and Civil Rights, Issue Areas, NIF, Social and Economic Justice
This August, Israel’s government approved an annual budget for the first time since 2018. The budget must now make its way through Knesset committees and be passed into law by November 4, or the new government will fall. This constitutes a critical time for Israel’s...
by Hannah Cohen | Aug 24, 2021 | Human and Civil Rights, Issue Areas, News, NIF, Shared Society and Combatting Racism
The High Court of Justice has accepted a petition by NIFC project partner Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and two organization supported by the NIF global network Tebeka – Advocacy for Equality & Justice for Ethiopian Israelis and the Association of...
