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New Israel Fund Stands on the Side of Israeli Democracy

Following the news that Israel’s Supreme Court struck down the amendment to the “reasonableness clause,” the cornerstone of this far-right government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary and undermine basic checks and balances in Israel’s governing system, NIF CEO Daniel...

President’s Note: You Made Possible This Incredible Impact in Israel

By Linda Hershkovitz, President 2023 was not the year we thought it would be. We started the year off worrying about Israel’s democratic future. For the first nine months of the year, we focused on supporting the ideals for which hundreds of thousands of Israelis...

Thank you to our outgoing leaders in 2023

NIFC depends on our 50+ leaders with skills of many kinds across Canada. At the end of 2023, we're saying appreciative goodbyes to some dedicated and thoughtful leaders who have completed roles in 2023. We are extremely grateful to these committed individuals for...

How NIF is Supporting The Survivors of October 7

Photo credit: Lior Segev, Shatil Stock Before and after October 7th, the Israeli government remains the same: dysfunctional, corrupt, and deeply uninterested in helping its own citizens. In the weeks since Hamas’s attack, many Israeli families from the south have had...

Israeli Groups Call to Stop Civilian Deaths in Gaza

Photo credit: Noam Amir, Shatil Stock On December 13th, a group of Israeli organizations—many of them NIF grantees—published a major letter to President Biden urging him to insist that the Israeli military change its strategy to avoid further civilian deaths and the...

Building a Shared Future—Together

Immediately after learning about Hamas’s terror attack on October 7th, Shir Nosatzki, co-founder and director of Have You Seen The Horizon Lately and Hanan Alsana, a lawyer with Itach-Maaki, knew they would have to act. They understood quickly that there would be...

This Bruised and Broken Land

By Daniel Sokatch, NIF International CEO I am writing to you from Kibbutz Tzuba, west of Jerusalem, where I’ve just celebrated the seventh night of Chanukah with three generations of my cousins—a big, beautiful family that has always been the heart of my Israel....

Reporting on Gender Based Violence as a Weapon of War

A new report by NIF partner Physicians for Human Rights–Israel (PHRI) uses evidence gathered to confirm that sexual violence was used as a weapon of war by Hamas and calls to center the physical and emotional needs of the victims of the violence. The report is based...

Shatil Spotlight: Helping Bedouins in the Negev

On the morning of October 7, the Alqur’an family awoke to the deafening shrieks of rockets hurtling toward their small desert community. After the rockets’ impact, several family members approached the explosion site to check for casualties. Shortly afterwards, a...

Director’s Note: Preparing for the Day After

By Ben Murane, Executive Director Israel has changed, we have changed, reality has changed. There has been a lot of anticipation about “the day after” the war, though nobody can say precisely when that day will be. Fearful Israelis displaced from their homes near Gaza...

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