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Breaking the Silence on Facial Recognition Technology

Photo credit: Makbula Nassar Earlier this month Amnesty International reported that the Israeli military is using a facial recognition technology system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians in the West Bank and automate harsh restrictions on their freedom of...

Tackling Rising Crime in Arab Towns

Earlier this month, Dima Bushak, a 19-year-old woman, was shot dead in the Bedouin village of Sallama in the Galilee. The day before, two men were shot dead in Arab towns in Israel. So far this year, 75 Arab citizens of Israel have been murdered. Since Itamar Ben-Gvir...

Grappling with the Nakba

By Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO This month, we marked 75 years since the establishment of the State of Israel. For many Jews in Israel and around the world, this is an occasion for celebration. After centuries of persecution, antisemitism, and existential...

Petitioning for the Rights of the Unhoused

NIFC flagship project partner the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has petitioned the Court for Administrative Affairs in Tel Aviv-Yafo against the policy of the Bat Yam Mayor and municipality that forbids unhoused people from sleeping in public places....

Educating Canadians About Israel’s Democratic Pushback from Coast to Coast

Since the start of this year, Israel's new government repeatedly set off confusion and alarm bells in Jewish communities across Canada. Extremists in government advanced policies aimed at removing the checks and balances on their power, as well as encouraged violence...

Recording: Covering the Front Lines of Defending Israeli Democracy

On April 27th, the New Israel Fund of Canada and Holy Blossom Temple were excited to host Allison Kaplan Sommer of Haaretz and Martin Regg Cohn of the Toronto Star to help us understand the latest developments in Israel and the largest protest movement in the...

Tackling an Increase in Violence in Arab Cities

Photo credit: David Cohen Since the start of 2023, 50 Israeli Arabs have been murdered. That is more than double the number over the same period in 2022. Indeed, last weekend alone four people were murdered —including an 11-year old boy named Mohammed in the Negev...

Rallying for LGBTQ+ Rights

Dozens of Israelis rallied outside of Israel Police Tel Aviv District headquarters this week to protest the police’s failure to charge perpetrators of homophobic hate crimes. The demonstration was organized by The Aguda – Israel’s LGBT Task Force, an organization...

Uniting for a Better Future

Ghadir Hani, an activist with NIF grantees Omdim Beyahad-Naqef Ma’an (Standing Together) and Women Wage Peace recently addressed one of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tel Aviv. She said, “I am here, Ghadir Hani, standing in front of you and my heart is heavy and...

NIFC New Gen Leaders Speak at Pro-Democracy Rally

On Sunday, April 9th, Syvanne Avitzur and Alex Richler, two members of the NIFC New Generations Leadership Council, spoke at the weekly rally to support Israeli democracy in Toronto. The weekly rallies are organized by UnXeptable, a global movement of Israelis in the...

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