Tag Archive: democracy
Fighting Back Against Voter Suppression
Zazim – Community Action and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights help fight intimidation tactics targeting Arab voters in the upcoming elections.
Fair Policing for All Israelis
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel and the Association of Ethiopian Jews speak out against racial profiling and protest repression.
Demanding Accountability for Police Brutality
Activists call for a commission of inquiry into police shootings of Ethiopian Israelis.
NIF CEO Rejects Netanyahu Plan for Illegal Annexation
Responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of his specific plan to begin annexation if re-elected, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
Israeli Civil Society Orgs React to Israeli Election Committee’s ‘No Camera’ Ruling Against Likud Voter Suppression Tactics
Responding to news that the Chairman of Israel’s Central Election Committee, Justice Hanan Melcer, had ruled that political parties will not be allowed to set up cameras in polling places, three leading civil society organizations in Israel who challenged Likud voter suppression tactics and NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statements…
Shatil Spotlight: Sara Samokovlija
A Shatil Everett Fellow fighting for social justice and housing affordability.
Shatil Spotlight: Ella Yedaya
Meet Ella Yedaya, Shatil’s new Director of Democracy and Human Rights.
Education Minister Forced to Backtrack on Gay Conversion Therapy Comments
Israel’s newly appointed Education Minister Rafi Peretz caused a storm of protest when he said he supported conversion therapy for LGBTQ Israelis.
After Taking to the Streets – What’s Next?
NIF’s Ella Yedaya, Michal Sella and Mickey Gitzin discuss the fallout from recent anti-racism protests led by Ethiopian Israelis.