Tag Archive: Zulat: Equality and Human Rights
Insisting on Freedom of Speech for All
NIF has made it a strategic priority to support organizations and activists under attack for exercising their basic freedom to express themselves.
Standing Up for Arab Leader’s Free Speech in the Knesset
NIF and our partners are standing up for MK Ayman Odeh—a longtime advocate for Jewish-Arab partnership, as he undergoes unjustified impeachment hearings in the Knesset.
Calling for a New Criminal Investigation into Prime Minister Netanyahu
NIF grantee Zulat is calling on Israel’s top officials to investigate Prime Minister Netanyahu based on recent revelations from Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar’s affidavit.
Responding to the Israeli Government Shuttering Al Jazeera
Closing down news networks is not what democracies do. NIF groups are working to fight back.
“Without civil society, Israel’s civil infrastructure would have completely collapsed in the wake of October 7”
In an interview with Calcalist, Mickey Gitzin, director of the New Israel Fund in Israel, warns that Israel’s democratic standing is only worsening, but promises to invest millions in a new political plan.
Protecting Democracy
Mickey Gitzen, Director of NIF in Israel, and many other Israeli leaders spoke at Haaretz’s Conference for Democracy. Gitzin and others reflected on the rise of populism and the current state of Israeli democracy.
Protecting Senior Citizens
A report by NIF grantee Zulat reveals how the Israeli government’s negligent response to COVID-19 had devastating consequences in nursing homes.