Tag Archive: Benjamin Netanyahu
Donor Profile: Sammy Alkalay
Sammy Alkalay was called to action by the neglect of marginalized populations in Israel and by the prime minister’s attacks on NIF.
New Israel Fund Responds To Detention of American Jew At Israeli Border For Being “Here To Make Trouble”
NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch writes: If the Netanyahu government considers promoting equality, democracy, and justice to be ‘making trouble,’ we’ll wear that badge proudly”
Another Israeli General Expresses Solidarity with NIF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public lashings of NIF are generating blowback.
How Mickey Gitzin Became a Household Name
NIF’s senior staff person in Israel learned the value of improving the world from a young age.
Israel’s Attorney General Investigating Airport Interrogations after ACRI Intervention
The detentions of progressive activists – Israeli and foreign — at the border have raised alarm and brought action.
Opposition to Nation-State Law Gains Momentum
The Nation-State Law has faced powerful opposition from Israelis of all kind, including the progressives, some right wingers and the Druze community.
Fake News about Fake Boos
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removes his accusatory Facebook post about Arab soccer fans after NIF and major media challenge the prime minister.
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
I never would have believed the Trumpian fashion in which the prime minister would falsely accuse us of trying to “erase the Jewish character of Israel,” or that he would demand, on the basis of lies, that we be subjected to a parliamentary committee of inquiry.
NIF CEO on Win for People Seeking Asylum in Israel: “This Is What Democracy Looks Like”
Earlier today the Israeli government disclosed to Israel’s High Court that it would not forcibly deport people seeking asylum to third countries. PM Benjamin Netanyahu then posted on Facebook that he was seeking to re-open detention facilities for this population. NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement…
Celebrating the Real Israel
Today is Israel’s Independence Day. It’s a day for us to celebrate the real Israel — not the exclusionary, narrow, ethnocentric, and increasingly-authoritarian Israel that the country’s political leaders have come to represent, but rather the beautiful, inclusive, pluralistic society that’s there on the ground, made up of real people striving to lead lives of meaning together.