Current Projects in Israel

Humanitarian Food Aid to Gazans

World Central Kitchen (WCK) has a global track record of feeding communities in crisis. This includes mobilizing to feed Israelis in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks; over 1.1 million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine. We believe we have a moral obligation to help feed them. NIFC’s emergency project is providing $54,000 in humanitarian food aid to civilians suffering in Gaza. (More here.)

Legal Protection of Human Rights Defenders

The Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) is the legal “safety net” for human rights defenders in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and a member of the Civil Society Protection Hub. Under Israel’s current government, authorities have turned a blind eye to settler violence and aimed to prevent lawful human rights monitoring. NIFC’s 2024 project will protect professionals and volunteers from efforts to intimidate, harm, and criminalize those performing human rights monitoring in Israel and the OPT.

Litigation and Media Outreach to Protect and Defend Human and Social Rights in Israel

ACRI is the leading organization protecting human and social rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This year, safeguarding human rights in Israel is especially important following a year of attacks on democracy and civil liberties by the extremist Israeli government, attacks which have only intensified since October 7 and the consequent state of emergency. In 2024, this project will offer education and legal guidance to potentially hundreds of thousands of Israelis through ACRI’s hotline and legal assistance.

Exposing the Mechanisms Behind Malicious Online Activity      

FakeReporter exposes malicious online activity aimed at democratic systems, inauthentic influence campaigns, fraud, hate speech, incitement, conspiracies, and lies. FakeReporter exposes the mechanisms and actors behind online malicious activity, assists activists and organizations under attack, increases the accountability of tech companies and involvement of civil servants, as well as provides real time crisis response. In 2024, this project will research online malicious activity, assist victims suffering harassment, and publish information for the public and authorities.

Now and the Day After Education

Sikkuy-Aufoq is an established NGO which has been advancing equality and partnership between Jews and the Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel for the past 30 years. Project information is forthcoming.

Litigation and Media Outreach to Protect and Defend the Human Rights of Arab Bedouin Citizens of Israel living in the Naqab (Negev)

Adalah is the leading Palestinian legal center and human rights organization based in Israel and the sole Palestinian-run organization that works before Israeli courts to protect the human rights of Palestinians in Israel. Adalah is the primary legal agency supporting Bedouin communities in the Negev, including as a member of the Naqab Emergency Room coalition. In 2024, this project will focus on legal aid on behalf of Bedouin communities in the Negev, whose abilities to access their economic and social rights have become even more compromised since the start of the war.

Advancing Religious Freedom Through Congregational Education

IRAC advances religious diversity and defends freedom of religion in Israeli society. In 2024, this project will educate the Israeli public, and specifically Reform congregations, about their right to freedom of religion, and work with local communities to ensure that freedom of religion is a priority at a municipal level.

Researching Post-Conflict Strategies and Regional Expertise

Mitvim–The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies is a foreign policy think tank established in 2011 with the mission to promote a progressive paradigm shift Israel’s foreign policy. Mitvim provides answers to resolving the underlying conflict with new regional allies as Israelis seek alternatives to the catastrophic failures of their government’s security and military policies on October 7th. In 2024, NIFC’s project will conduct research and analyses on peace and security after the October 7th attack.

Tzameret–Kama: Advancing Women as Leaders in Social Change Organizations

Shatil is the operating department of NIF in Israel. Shatil has been promoting women’s rights since its inception 40 years ago. Today in Israel, women staff are the majority within social change organizations but are only the minority in leadership roles. In 2023, Shatil developed a three-month leadership program called Tzameret-Kama for Arab and Jewish women currently in middle-management positions. In 2024, this project will convene a second Tzamaret-Kama course for Arab and Jewish middle-management civil society leaders looking to advance into more senior roles and continue to build an alumni network of Arab and Jewish women working in civil society.