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Highlights from HaaretzQ with NIF

Together with Israel’s leading newspaper, NIF hosted a first-of-its-kind gathering in New York on December 13. Check out some of the highlights here.

U.S. President Barack Obama’s Address to the HaaretzQ with NIF Conference

President Barack Obama kicked off the HaaretzQ with the New Israel Fund Conference in New York with this message. The packed house is a testament to the strength of our community that is committed to a vision of a more equal and more democratic Israel.

President Obama Speaks About How Israel Inspired Him

“It is precisely because I care so deeply about the State of Israel. It is precisely because, yes, I have high expectations for Israel the same way I have high expectations for the United States of America that I feel a responsibility to speak out honestly about what I think will lead to long term security and to the preservation of a true democracy in the Jewish homeland.”