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Women and Girls in Danger
New Israel Fund Sponsors Programs, Issues Grants as Women’s Issues Heat Up
As part of an international campaign to restore the sight and sound of women to the public sphere in Israel, the New Israel Fund (NIF) and its grantee Yisrael Chofshit (Free Israel) sponsored a rally for women’s rights in downtown Jerusalem yesterday evening.
Read MoreVoting for human rights, with our feet!
Don’t Let Israel Fail You
Israel’s Democracy Under Attack: Analysis of Akunis & Kirshenbaum Bills
This Sunday, the Israeli Cabinet will vote on the Akunis and Kirshenbaum bills, both of which would severely restrict or tax foreign funding for Israeli civil society, and which are the latest salvo in the war against human rights and social justice groups in Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu has already indicated his support for the bills, which are a naked attempt to silence voices critical of government policy that the right-wing governing coalition has deemed unacceptable. This is yet another step in an unprecedented assault on law-abiding, internationally-recognized non-governmental organizations and poses a serious danger to Israeli democracy.
Read More“Special Security Areas” and Severed Grape Vines: An American Jew’s view from the ground of Area C, the West Bank
Israel’s Affordable Housing Protest Catches Fire
A huge wave of protests against the high cost of housing, begun with a single ‘tent city’ in Tel Aviv, has forced the Netanyahu government to offer immediate changes in government policy. The protests have dominated Israel’s media headlines over the past 10 days.
Read MoreSomething is Happening Here
I have been living in Palestine/Israel as an activist and politically engaged citizen for nearly two years now, and I have never seen anything like this. There is talk of revolution. There is talk of an awakening. My sincerest prayer is that this is the beginning of a movement for true democracy in this country, and the dawning of new era marked by the social, political, and economic inclusion of all of us living in this crazy, crazy place.
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