Tag Archive: Shatil
Recreating Local Economies in the Negev
Shatil’s Project WEALTH: Promoting Local Sustainable Economic Development is helping to redefine and rebuild local economies in Israel’s Negev.
Pocket Guide Helps Protestors Maintain their Rights
A new pocket guide and app will inform protestors of their rights and help connect them with legal aide.
Promoting Tolerance on Jerusalem’s Light Rail
A group of teenagers courageously confronted racism and incitement in Jerusalem.
Progress for Public Housing
Social justice advocates are celebrating a new government commitment to public housing.
Statement on the Enactment of the 2011 Boycott Law
The New Israel Fund views the recent decision by Israel’s High Court with respect to the Boycott Law as a setback for civil liberties in Israel and as a boon to Israel’s detractors.
Justice (Tzedek) Not Charity (Tzedakah)
The Forum Against Poverty is demanding that the new government address Israel’s endemic poverty rates.
Jerusalem’s Gazelle Valley Park Opens after 20-Year Battle
Local residents and activists won a decades long battle to open a nature preserve in the heart of Jerusalem.
Meet Hadas Ofek: Rehabilitating the North
Fiercely determined and a brilliant activist, Hadas Ofek is taking on healthcare inequity in the Galilee.
Bank of Israel Reflects Shatil Recommendations: Urges More Public Housing
The Bank of Israel is calling on the new government to address growing poverty rates and increase public housing in the country.
Reducing Gender Wage Gaps
Women in Israel earn an average of 32% less than their male counterparts. The Equal Pay Project is working to change that.