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Court-ing a Better Israel
5774 is still very young, but when it comes to the integrity and independence of Israel’s judicial system, the year is off to a pretty good start.
Good Luck, Martin
August 8, 2013 Last week, the news was dominated by Secretary of State John Kerry’s announcement of the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. And now, once again, the world waits to see if, at last, real progress can be made in resolving the conflict and arriving at a two-state solution. It isn’t an easy wait. According…
The Unbroken Camera
July 24, 2013 This past Friday, our friend and colleague Sarit Michaeli was shot with a rubber-coated bullet. Sarit is the spokesperson for B’tselem, Israel’s leading human rights organization in the occupied territories and an NIF grantee. She was wounded as she filmed and monitored a regularly-held demonstration at Nabi Saleh near Ramallah in the…
Looking behind the curtain of ultra-nationalist zealotry
The bill seeking to defund NGOs that dare criticize Israeli policies has undergone a cunning transformation designed to mask its radically ultra-nationalist agenda; but don’t be fooled, it is still a betrayal of Israel’s founding principles.
Déjà vu
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis are working every day to safeguard and advance Israel’s precious, albeit sometimes fragile, democratic character. And we at NIF are their support system.
Approaching 100 Days of the (Third) Netanyahu Government
June 2013 This is the fifth installment of the “rolling document” series examining political developments in the nineteenth Knesset and in the thirty-third government. It aims to illuminate the connection between the political arena and our social one. This document highlights opportunities as well as concerns of relevance to the political work toward social change….
Unpromised Land: Eritrean Refugees in Israel
Before coming to Israel, Rhuba never smoked cigarettes. Now, she smokes like a truck driver.
Her cheeks cave as she huffs the butts down in long, powerful draws, sending nimbus clouds of tobacco floating into the damp air of a south Tel Aviv bar.
Rhuba is 19, petite in bright blue jeans. She stares out from a matching blue hoodie drawn tight to her head, nearly obscuring the crimson pool of blood that fills her right eye. The left side of Rhuba’s face isn’t so concealed. A dark, amaranthine welt starts in an angry ball on her temple and sprawls out like skinny fingers across her cheekbones.
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Sunshine and Fog
Social change means two steps forward and one step back, not losing hope, taking the small victories and building on them.
Once More The Israeli Government Threatens To Deport Eritreans To A Third Country In Africa
In a hearing held by the HCJ yesterday (Sunday) with regards to the NGOs petition against the Anti Infiltration Law, Adv. Yochi Gnesin, representing the government, claimed that there is already an agreement with a third country that agreed to accept the Eritreans from Israel. She refused to reveal the name of the country or…
Building Civic Power
Any activity that reflects the interests of citizens is a strength. This is what at the end of the day creates power instead of leaving it in the hands of decision-makers who tend to see numbers and not people.