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Inspiration and Grim Determination at Vivian Silver Legacy Event

(Photo credit: Shay Markowitz) Over 325 people came together to listen to both Israeli and Palestinian voices campaigning for peace at the sold-out In Her Voice: The Vivian Silver Legacy Event, held in Toronto on June 4. NIFC was immensely proud to be a partner in...

Providing Data for the Peace Camp

Photo Credit: aChord At a time when Israeli society is deeply fractured and political uncertainty runs high, understanding where the Israeli public is—how people feel and where they stand—has never been more important. aChord–Social Psychology for Social Change, a New...

Demanding Aid Flow into Gaza

Photo Credit: Standing Together Here in Canada, the New Israel Fund of Canada has been raising funds for urgent aid to Gaza. You can contribute to that campaign here. In Israel, NIF’s grantees and NIFC's project partners have been doing the same—in the Knesset, the...

Come work with us! NIFC is hiring a Development and Engagement Officer

About the New Israel Fund of Canada The New Israel Fund of Canada advances and defends democracy and equality in Israel. Since 1986, NIFC has helped contributed over $300 million to more than 900 organizations in Israel that fight for socio-economic equality,...

The Next Stage of Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul: Attacking NGOs.

UPDATE: Yesterday, May 28th, the anti-NGO bill was discussed in Knesset committee. Opposition from all parties was present and criticized the bill's timing during wartime with hostages still in Gaza. An amended version is expected to be presented in...

Unpacking How and Why Populists Attack NGOs

Mickey Gitzin, NIF’s director in Israel, authored the article below. It originally appeared in Hebrew on Haaretz’s Hebrew website. It has been translated here in full and edited for clarity. Click here for the original Hebrew text. The Attack on Civil Society Is No...

Warning About the Israeli Government’s Authoritarian Expansion

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) issued a new report titled “Toward the 2025 Knesset Summer Session: From Destroying Democracy to Building Dictatorship.” The report summarizes and analyzes a sweeping set of legislative proposals for the summer Knesset...

Bringing “Peace” Back Into the Israeli Lexicon

On May 8-9, something hopeful and beautiful took place in Jerusalem. The NIF Shatil-coordinated It’s Time Peace Coalition held the People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, which saw over 7,000 Jewish and Arab attendees across two days of events and activities. After 586...

Insisting on Democracy for All

This month, Dr. Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya, a vice president of the board of the New Israel Fund took the stage at NIF’s yearly conference in Haifa in conjunction with the Haaretz newspaper. Below is a translated and edited version of Nasreen’s remarks: "I want to speak...

NIFC Statement on the Murders of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington D.C.

In the wake of the news that two Israeli embassy employees were murdered outside an AJC Global event, the New Israel Fund of Canada released the following statement: We join members of the NIF family and so many around the world as we mourn the two Israeli embassy...

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