Women Soccer Players Fight For Equality

Star soccer players launch a campaign around gender equality.

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Education Minister Forced to Backtrack on Gay Conversion Therapy Comments

Israel’s newly appointed Education Minister Rafi Peretz caused a storm of protest when he said he supported conversion therapy for LGBTQ Israelis.

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Ethiopian Israelis and Our Struggle Against Racism

The struggle against racism and police violence is not the struggle of Ethiopian Israelis alone. It’s the struggle against entrenched racism everywhere.

There is No Future in Israel without Jewish-Arab Partnership

If we do not fight for absolute civic equality in Israel – for Jews and Arabs alike – there will be no equal citizenship here for any citizen.

Israel’s Election – A Turning Point for Democracy?

The upcoming election may very well be a referendum on the direction of Israel’s democracy.

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The Goal: Kick Racism Out of Soccer

Jewish and Arab youth are building a shared society in Israel by playing in soccer tournaments that have participants from different backgrounds. This is part of an initiative by New Israel Fund’s Kick It Out Israel which fights racism on the soccer field.

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Activist Profile: Rawnak Natour

Rawnak Natour is the Co-Executive Director of Sikkuy and has devoted her professional life to promoting civil rights and equality in employment and education and struggling against the discrimination of minorities.

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New Israel Fund Responds To Detention of American Jew At Israeli Border For Being “Here To Make Trouble”

NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch writes: If the Netanyahu government considers promoting equality, democracy, and justice to be ‘making trouble,’ we’ll wear that badge proudly”

Reason for Pride

We know that we can’t stop just because Tel Aviv is an oasis for gay life, but rather we must continue our work so that every LGBTQ person in Israel can feel supported and safe.

What to Make of the Prime Minister’s Libel?

The days ahead will not be simple — not for Israelis who cherish democracy, not for NIF, and not for the 38,000 people seeking asylum who now find themselves in limbo — but this episode has powerfully demonstrated that we are not alone, and that when we stand together we have real power.