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NIF International CEO: “A critical first step. Now let’s bring them all home and end this damn war.”

Responding to the news that Israel and Hamas have reached a partial hostage deal and temporary ceasefire, NIF International CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement: After months of anguish, some of the hostages will return home to their families and the...

Bringing NIF’s Message of Hope, Action, and Shared Futures to Canada

This has been a year of challenges, resolution, determination, and constant insistence on our values: that democracy and equality mean a better future for everyone. For us at NIFC, alongside funding projects on the ground in Israel, we’ve also been hard at work in...

NIFC Joins Global Coalition of Jewish Organizations Calling for an End to the War

It's time for the war to end and for the hostages to come home. That’s why we signed onto a letter calling for “an immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza and the release of the Israeli hostages followed by diplomatic action to reach comprehensive regional peace...

NIFC Board Member Prof. Sylvia Bashevkin Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada

With great pride, we congratulate our board member Prof. Sylvia Bashevkin on receiving two national-level awards in recognition of her groundbreaking scholarship in gender and politics: Sylvia was named an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest...

It’s Time to Believe in Our Own Strength

By Mickey Gitzin, NIF Director in Israel The following was first published in Haaretz in Hebrew. It has been translated, edited and abridged for NIF. You can find the full original Hebrew here. ~ What is a state? A state is an idea, a system of institutions, and a...

Blocking Settlement and Annexation in the West Bank

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons With the ongoing, devastating war in Gaza, many in the diaspora and Israel have not been focused on the dramatic rise in settler violence. According to NIFC project partner Yesh Din, 2023 was the worst year for settler violence in...

Sending Food and Aid to Gaza’s Civilians

Photo Credit: Mati Milstein for NIF As the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorated last year, NIF's global network took the unusual step of raising funds to help feed innocent people in Gaza. We identified two international aid organizations who were best...

Insisting on Basic Rights For Bedouin Citizens in the Negev

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...

Mobilizing Against a Racist and Anti-Democratic Bill in the Knesset

The winter session of the Knesset has barely begun, but the Netanyahu government is wasting no time jump-starting its program to weaken Israel’s democratic institutions in this new Knesset winter session. A key example of Netanyahu’s ongoing attempt to weaken the...

Survey: Canadian Jews Divided Over Israel and Canadian Politics

Today, we and our partners JSpaceCanada and Canadian Friends of Peace Now published the results of a survey of Canadian Jews that we commissioned with public opinion research firm Leger and with advice by Prof. Robert Brym. Read the full report below. | Download it...

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