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Israel’s Twin Revolutions

By Daniel Sokatch, International CEO of the New Israel Fund This week, Israel was in headlines all around the world. The protest movement that stopped its judicial coup in its tracks has held the world’s attention — and rightly so. This is a moment to congratulate the...

Litigating Against-Ben Gvir

Shortly after Benjamin Netanyahu’s government took power, NIFC's flagship partner the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) petitioned to overturn some of the new, expanded powers that Netanyahu had granted Itamar Ben Gvir in his role as National Security...

Canadian Ambassador to Israel Lisa Stadelbauer hosts graduation for Shatil women NGO leaders

Photo credit: Gilad Kavalertchik Earlier this month, Canadian ambassador to Israel Lisa Stadelbauer acted as host for Shatil's graduation of their women NGO leaders project. Shatil is the capacity-building arm of the New Israel Fund in Israel. This unique Shatil...

Standing in Solidarity with Huwara

Credit: Mati Milstein “Now in Huwara I held in my hand, the remains of stun grenades and gas cannisters that the IDF threw into a house that rioters had burned,” wrote NIF Associate Director Resources Development Shira Ben-Sasson Furstenberg on Wednesday, as...

Exposing Fake Anti-Democracy Twitter Accounts

Following an investigation by NIFC project partner FakeReporter, Twitter has removed a network of fake accounts that were working to support the government’s legislative blitz to gut the judiciary. A malicious social...

[Take Action] Host a Salon for Friends and Family

Israel’s extremist government is not slowing down – despite 500,000 protestors and wall-to-wall opposition from Israelis of all kinds and diaspora Jewry. Here in Canada, the majority of Jewish Canadians oppose this government's policies too. Chances are, your friends...

Survey: Most Canadian Jews Oppose Policies Favoured by the Israeli Government

Today, we and our partner JSpaceCanada published the results of a survey of Canadian Jews that we commissioned with public opinion research firm EKOS and with advice by Prof. Robert Brym. The survey asked Canadian Jews to rate their reactions to the court override...

Add Your Name: Say NO to Racism, Homophobia, and Authoritarianism in Israel

Ministers in Israel's new government are wasting no time targeting marginalized people in Israel and living under Israel's control — Palestinians, women, Israel's Arab citizens, LGBTQ+ communities, and many others. But every day, people are taking to the streets to...

Hundreds of Canadians joined NIFC’s national speakers tour

Scroll to the bottom of the page for the event recording. From February 22nd to February 28th, NIFC was proud to tour Lihi Shmuely, the deputy director of Israel Hofsheet, across Canada for an emergency speakers tour. Despite multiple winter storms, hundreds of...

Take Action: Thank MPs Saks, Joly, and McPherson

Over the past month, Israel's government has set about enacting its extreme agenda, including tabling legislation against the judicial system and provocative moves escalating violence between Jews and Palestinians. We must thank our Canadian elected leaders who have...

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