Tag Archive: human rights
Keeping Homes Connected to Electricity
While Israel confronts the coronavirus crisis, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel prevents poor Israelis from being cut off from the electrical grid.
Fighting Coronavirus, Not Democracy
Physicians for Human Rights condemns the government’s unnecessary and undemocratic surveillance.
Israel’s Supreme Court Upholds Surrogacy Rights for Same-Sex Couples
Following a petition by NIF grantee The Aguda – Israel’s LGBT Task Force, the Supreme Court rules that a discriminatory law denying gay men access to surrogacy must be revised.
Protesting Trump’s Transfer Plan
Omdim Beyachad (Standing Together) mobilizes against the Trump plan, which proposes stripping 300,000 Arab Israelis of their citizenship.
‘In First Person’: Testimonies from the West Bank
Yesh Din documents systemic violence against Palestinians by Jewish settlers.
NIF Grantees Protest Deportation of Human Rights Defender
The Supreme Court approved the deportation of Human Rights Watch’s Omar Shakir. Israeli human rights organizations are speaking out.
Progress in the Fight Against Police Brutality
The Israeli police must reopen an investigation of violence against an ultra-Orthodox photographer after an appeal by the Public Committee against Torture in Israel.
Victory for Transgender Rights in Israeli Prisons
Court orders Israel Prison Service to allow transgender person to undergo treatment and move prisons.
Responding to Settler Violence in the West Bank
NIF grantees are calling out the hypocrisy of only condemning settler violence when the target is Israeli soldiers.
After Election Day: Civil Society Achievements Amid Uncertain Election Results
NIF grantees played an important role defending democracy during the last round of Israeli elections. Here’s how.