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Mainstreaming Accountability & Fact-Checking

18 October 2019

Less than two years after its founding, The Whistle, the only organization fact-checking statements by Israeli politicians, was recently acquired by the Israeli financial news site, Globes. The Whistle was incubated by NIF as part of our New Initiatives for Democracy (NIFD), and this news is a hopeful sign of support from the Israeli business community for government accountability and transparency.

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What to Watch in Israeli Democracy: Week of September 13

13 September 2019

During the previous election, the New Israel Fund provided regular updates about issues affecting equality and democracy in What to Watch in Israeli Democracy. Now, as Israel gears up for a second election within a year, the New Israel Fund will continue to provide regular updates on the issues that matter most.

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A Double Danger to Democracy

12 September 2019

On the eve of Israel’s elections, we’re fighting back against voter suppression and a disastrous plan to annex the West Bank.

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What to Watch in Israeli Democracy: Week of August 30th

30 August 2019

During the previous election, the New Israel Fund provided regular updates about issues affecting equality and democracy in What to Watch in Israeli Democracy. Now, as Israel gears up for a second election within a year, the New Israel Fund will continue to provide regular updates on the issues that matter most.

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Israeli Civil Society Orgs React to Israeli Election Committee’s ‘No Camera’ Ruling Against Likud Voter Suppression Tactics

27 August 2019

Responding to news that the Chairman of Israel’s Central Election Committee, Justice Hanan Melcer, had ruled that political parties will not be allowed to set up cameras in polling places, three leading civil society organizations in Israel who challenged Likud voter suppression tactics and NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statements…

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Defending the Right to Protest

22 August 2019

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.

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