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Asylum Seekers and Refugee Children Finally Awarded Bus Discount Cards
18 August 2022Following advocacy by NIF grantee ASSAF, asylum seekers won bus discount cards for their children.
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Defending Liberal Democracy in Israel and Supporting Ukraine
17 March 2022This week, in the face of this ongoing crisis in Ukraine, NIF made a grant to support a crisis center on the Ukraine-Poland border and a network of safehouses operated by the progressive Israeli youth movement, Hashomer Hatzair.
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The Book of Ruth and Lessons of Chesed
16 May 2021This Shavuot, NIF Froman Fellow Lianna Mendelson recalls the story of Ruth and Naomi’s return to the land of Israel, and draws parallels to the lives of many immigrants seeking safety and security within modern-day borders.
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Israel’s Spring and the Long Road to Recovery
18 March 2021As elections near and Israel emerges from the pall of pandemic, civil society must ensure that Israel’s government addresses the long-term effects of the crisis, which have disproportionately fallen on marginalized communities.
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Securing Vaccines for Asylum Seekers
18 February 2021After campaign pressure from our grantee Physicians for Human Rights Israel and other human rights groups, Israel begins vaccinating asylum seekers and refugees.
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Calling for Government Aid for Asylum Seekers
28 October 2020A report by NIF grantees reveals a desperate situation for the majority of asylum seekers in Israel and calls for immediate government intervention.
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“Deposit Law” Struck Down, Helping Asylum Seekers
6 May 2020Following a petition from several NIF grantees, the Israeli government must return money it had confiscated from asylum seekers’ earnings.
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As Israel’s Refugees Handed Deportation Orders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Attacks NIF
8 February 2018A cynical attempt by the prime minister to turn the Israeli public against people seeking asylum will not change public opinion.
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It’s Not ‘Us Versus Them’
25 January 2018Residents of South Tel Aviv Stand in Solidarity with African Asylum Seekers.
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High Court Rules African Asylum Seekers Cannot be Detained Indefinitely for Refusing Deportation
31 August 2017Human rights organizations feared a policy of forced deportation to un-named third countries.
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