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Demonstrating for Arab Lives

Photo courtesy of We Want to Live Gun violence and murders in Israel’s Palestinian towns are on the rise – a spree of horrific murders in several towns over the last few weeks have pushed the death toll for 2023 to over 100, among them a number of children. People are...

Standing Up for Democracy Beyond the Supreme Court

“We will persecute you!” shouted Jewish Power Member of Knesset Limor Son Har-Melech at the director of a youth village during a Knesset discussion. Almog Cohen, another Jewish Power MK, added “We will come to you and blow up the summer camp!” Earlier this month, the...

Building Resilience in Civil Society Through Shatil

For the twenty-fourth week in a row, Israelis have been spending their Saturday nights protesting. For eight months, social change organizations have been working on overdrive to protect the rights of persecuted groups and combat the strategic dismantling of...

Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights in Jerusalem and Beyond

Photo courtesy of Jerusalem Open House This June Israelis will be staging more LGBTQ+ Pride events than ever before. The month began last Thursday with 30,000 people marching through Jerusalem in the annual Pride Parade. Jerusalem Open House Chairman Jonathan Valfer...

We Won’t Let Israel’s LGBTQ+ Community Stand Alone

By Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO When the first rally for gay rights was held in Tel Aviv in 1979, Israeli law still prohibited sodomy. And when, in 1989, NIF helped a gay El Al employee successfully file a lawsuit to challenge the company’s discrimination...

Rectifying Taxi Discrimination

Photo courtesy of Jerusalem Facebook page Three years ago, NIFC project partner the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) of the Reform Movement in Israel brought a huge class action lawsuit against the Gett Taxi app. The app had developed a service for Jerusalemites...

Protesting Police Inaction in Arab Communities

Photo courtesy of Israel Police Facebook The National Committee of Heads of Arab Local Authorities in Israel has set up a tent in Jerusalem outside of the Prime Minister’s Office to protest rising crime in the Arab sector and police inaction to combat the growing...

Director’s Report: Israel tests Canada’s resolve

MK Chikli in Ottawa, Anti-NGO Bill, and Parliament’s Study of Israel-Palestine By Ben Murane, Executive Director Israel’s government is testing Canada’s resolve. Since the start of this Israeli government’s rule, Israel-Canada relations have been under increasing...

Young donors pick Shatil program for young Palestinian leaders for their Giving Circle pool

Image: Rawabit program participants meet in 2022 On May 4th, a group of New Generations (20s and 30s) donors met both online and in-person for a Giving Circle — a process in which a group decides together which NIFC project partner will receive its pooled donations....

NIF international CEO: “Choking off funding from advocates of change is not what democracies do”

24 May 2023 Following the news that a draconian bill to tax NGOs that receive funding from foreign government bodies at a rate of 65% and strip them of their tax-exempt status in Israel will begin its legislative process this coming Sunday, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch...

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