Tag Archive: COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)
The Double Test for Israel’s Emergency Government
The moral test of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. In this moment of crisis, this new government will have another test as well: whether it will preserve or forsake Israel’s democratic foundations.
Protecting Bedouin Communities
The Shatil-led Bedouin Situation Room is fighting to provide resources and information to unrecognized villages in southern Israel.
Providing Healthcare in the West Bank
Physicians for Human Rights Israel’s Mobile Clinic is providing vital treatment in the West Bank amid COVID-19 curfews.
WATCH: Defending Women’s Rights in the Time of COVID-19
NIF grantees are standing up for the rights of women and girls through this crisis.
American Jewish organizations Reject Netanyahu-Gantz Annexation Plans, Support US Lawmakers Speaking Out
In response to the formation of Israel’s new government, whose primary policy goal aside from responding to the coronavirus pandemic will be to begin unilaterally annexing parts of the West Bank, eight members of the Progressive Israel Network, together released the following statement.
WATCH: NIF’s Crisis Action Plan, Explained
In this moment of crisis, NIF leadership is working with our grantees on the front lines in Israel. Together, we created a Crisis Action Plan to chart the way forward.
WATCH: Defending Democracy in the Time of COVID-19
Israeli civil society is mobilizing against annexation in the West Bank and defending democracy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fighting for Arab-Jewish Equality in the Time of COVID-19
Shatil is leading civil society efforts to ensure that all Israeli citizens – Arab and Jewish – get the resources they need to stay safe and healthy.
“Deposit Law” Struck Down, Helping Asylum Seekers
Following a petition from several NIF grantees, the Israeli government must return money it had confiscated from asylum seekers’ earnings.
200,000 People Attend Virtual Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day
This year, the alternative Memorial Day ceremony held by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle – Families Forum, was held online and attracted record-breaking numbers of attendees.