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Envisioning The Negev Anew Through Equality and Partnership

“October 7 physically and metaphorically shattered our homes into pieces that cannot be reassembled.” —Noam Stahl, Kfar Aza resident As NIF prepares to launch the new Equality and Partnership in the Negev project, staff members visited Kibbutz Kfar Aza, the...

Campaigning to Empower Israel’s Liberal Centre

Over the last few weeks, NIF grantee Have You Seen the Horizon Lately has plastered Israel’s major traffic arteries with huge billboards reminding Israelis of something that, in the current political climate, they do not always feel: That they have a choice. These...

Briefing on Israel’s Regional Dynamics: Iran and its Proxies

On Monday, October 28, 2024, NIF gathered for a webinar to discuss the recent developments in the Middle East regional dynamics between Israel and Iran, as well as the impact of the current multi-front war on Israel. Senior Director of Media and Policy, Elisheva...

A Year After Oct. 7th, Will Israel Choose the Way of Peace, or that of Religious Nationalism?

By Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO Across Israel today, there is a great struggle over the meaning of the horrifying Hamas attack of Oct. 7th, 2023. There are two powerful narrative visions at work. One of these is the vision of Israel’s minister for national...

Combatting Censorship of Palestinian Citizens of Israel

On October 7, 2024, Intisar Hijazi, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and school counselor in Nazareth, was accused of “incitement to terrorism” for reposting a TikTok video of herself dancing from one year ago. Just hours after posting the video, she was arrested. A...

Welcoming the 2024-25 NIF Froman Social Change Rabbinical Fellows

Amidst the joyous holiday of Sukkot, we are thrilled to announce the 2024-2025 Elissa Froman Social Change Fellowship cohort in New York and Los Angeles. Throughout the week of Sukkot, we dwell in booths, sukkot, that represent the Clouds of Glory that protected the...

Bringing Arabs and Jews Together for a Day of Mourning and Hope

On October 9 2024, hundreds of Arabs and Jews from throughout Israel — including Jewish gap-year participants and young Bedouin — poured out of buses in front of Hebrew Union College. They were attending the “A Day of Pain; A Day of Hope,” event in which Shatil (NIF's...

Voices of Determination

Around the one year anniversary of October 7, NIFC is highlighting a few stories — out of thousands — of people who could have given in to anger and despair, but instead choose to dedicate themselves to building a future where peace, equality, justice, and democracy...

We Choose Freedom, Equality, and Peace for Both the Israeli and Palestinian People

By Dr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha, NIF international board member On October 7 2023, I returned home at 10 PM after 15 tiring and exhausting hours of work in the emergency room of Soroka Hospital, in Israel’s southern city of Be’er Sheva. As I entered the door, one thought...

Israel’s Left Is Stronger Than We Think

By Mickey Gitzin, NIF's Director in Israel Something has changed in Israel’s public discourse over the summer months. Something disturbing, evoking anxiety. The right, like the entire country, was rattled after October 7, but it appears that Benjamin Netanyahu has...

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