Achieving social change, especially in a country as complex and challenging as Israel, is not a short-term task. Hundreds of activists, professionals, community organizers and donors are involved in the New Israel Fund family’s efforts, and often our successes are measured in years, not days. Below you’ll find some of our most significant recent accomplishments, in areas ranging from minority rights to environmental protection. To learn more about our issues click here.
Special Independence Day Edition
May 6, 2008
We bring you a special edition to mark Israel’s 60th anniversary of independence. We take stock of the national situation by asking four members of the NIF family to look ahead to the coming years and speak about their fears and hopes and the challenges facing the country. Read>
Getting Social Issues on Candidates’ Agendas
May 5, 2008
As candidates for city councils and other municipal bodies launch their campaigns for November’s local elections, SHATIL is launching its own campaign by working with social change organizations to make sure social and environmental issues are on candidates’ agendas. Read>
From Slavery to Freedom in 21st Century Israel
April 29, 2008
More than 300 African refugees were served by nearly 200 Israelis at a special Seder organized by NIF grantee Beit Tefilah Israeli (Israel House of Prayer) with support from a coalition of 15 other organizations. Read>
Preserving the Kinneret’s Purity
April 14, 2008
The Knesset has enacted new legislation to protect Lake Kinneret in the Galilee. The new law comprises two parts: establishing the Kinneret Urban Union to unite the twenty bodies which manage the lake's coastline; and the extension of the 2004 Coastline Protection Law to the Kinneret, prohibiting construction within fifty meters of the waterfront. Read>
Social Change Lobbyists Spared from New Law
April 13, 2008
SHATIL scored a success for Israeli civil society organizations this month when, against all odds, it succeeded in getting the Knesset to exclude NGOs from a new law regulating lobbying in the Knesset. Read>
Civil Society Organizations Working for Peace and Academics Learn from one Another
April 11, 2008
The last twenty years have seen a sharp rise in civil society attempts to influence the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Some organizations work to protect the human rights of Palestinians living in the West Bank using such strategies as reports and court petitions, others organize dialogues between people from both sides of the divide, and yet others initiate joint professional projects, hoping these will lower the level of mistrust and hatred. Read>
