Tag Archive: human rights
AG to Jerusalem Mayor: You Can’t Limit Freedom of Expression
A pattern of discrimination against progressive Israelis is about to come to an end.
New Israel Fund CEO, VP Detained at Ben Gurion Airport Respond to Israel Denying Visas to Human Rights Watch:
“Every country has the right to decide to whom to grant visas. But having that right doesn’t make it any less wrong for Israel to decide to bar the entry of our colleagues at Human Rights Watch. . . this may be legal, but it’s morally unacceptable and anti-democratic.”
Israel Moves to Cancel Mandate-Era Law Limiting Press Freedoms
The ordinance has blocked the establishment of dozens of newspapers in the past decade alone.
Israel Announces 1 Billion Shekel Plan for Public Housing
Six years after the social protest movement, Israel has unveiled an unprecedented new investment in public housing.
OpEd: American Jews Are New Target of Israel’s Unprecedented Escalation Against Civil Society
In this op-ed, which was originally published in Haaretz, NIF VP of Finance, Operations and Administration Jennifer Gorovitz writes: “Given Netanyahu’s repression of dissent, perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised that Israel’s border control considered me a ‘national security risk’.”
We will not be stopped at Ben Gurion. We will not stop at all.
There is a context to the detention of an NIF Vice President at Ben Gurion Airport. It’s the years-long effort to demonize Israel’s civil rights sector.
Outposts and the Law
While the Israeli government complied with a court order to evacuate settlers from Amona, it is acting to double down on other settlements.
On-the-Ground Report from Social Justice Fellow in Jerusalem
Social Justice Fellow Josh Schwartz left New York for Jerusalem in order to learn about Israel in a way that he could only do firsthand.
Human Rights Group Defends Palestinian Landowners from Land Seizures
In its latest Supreme Court case, Yesh Din is taking on land seizures.
Umm al-Hiran Demands Equality, Justice, and Dignity
A deadly confrontation triggered a national conversation about Bedouin rights in Israel.