Tag Archive: the occupation

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.

Defending the Right to Protest

The right to peaceful assembly is a core part of democracy in America and in Israel too. We Israelis forsake it at our democracy’s peril.

Reflections from NIF’s Global Activism Fellowship: On a Trampoline in the South Hebron Hills

This summer, I traveled to Israel and the occupied territories as a part of the New Israel Fund’s Global Activism Fellowship. Seeing an issue that is so important to me up close made it real.

Standing Up to Home Demolitions

As the Israeli army demolishes homes in East Jerusalem, leaving Palestinians homeless, Israelis are fighting back.

Israel Elections Ballot Box - Photo by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Israel

Could a Jewish-Arab Partnership Happen in the Knesset?

Zazim is defending the legitimacy of all voters – no matter if they are Jewish or Arab.

Violence Cannot Distract Us

Many in Israel and the West Bank are on edge. The violence and bloodshed of recent days have raised fears that we are once again on the brink of a terrible escalation of violence. It shouldn’t have to be said, but I will say it anyway: there is never any justification for attacks on civilians. Ever. Anywhere.

Five Organizations Reject Erdan’s Attack on Airbnb

We are dismayed to read your letter to governors of US states, in which you assert that Airbnb’s decision to delist homes in West Bank Jewish settlements is tantamount to adhering to the BDS Movement and constitutes anti-Semitism.

Trailblazer Frima Merphie Bubis

Watch: Trailblazer Exposes the Injustices of the Occupation

Frima (Merphie) Bubis grew up Orthodox, but pushed to serve in the IDF. Her experience while in uniform ultimately brought her to work at Breaking the Silence.

WATCH: The Wall and The Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human Rights

Online book talk with Michael Sfard, leading Israeli human rights lawyer and the author of The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human Rights. Moderated by NIF’s VP for Public Engagement, Libby Lenkinski.

A Photo Exhibit by B’Tselem Draws the Government’s Ire

The exhibit shows photographs of 50 Palestinians born in 1967 and humanizes Palestinians living in the occupied territories.