Read NIF's latest press releases and statements. For press inquiries, please contact Elisheva Goldberg at: 917.740.4031 phone or [email protected].
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New Israel Fund CEO Sokatch: “Friends of Democratic Israel Must Oppose Gag Bills That Harm Israel And Free Speech”
7 January 2019Today, in response to Congressional efforts to pass a bill that would penalize Americans who call for boycott of Israel or Israeli settlements, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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Amos Oz z”l
28 December 2018With the passing of Amos Oz, Israel lost one of its most articulate champions for peace and liberal democracy.
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NIF CEO SOKATCH: “Friends of Democratic Israel Must Oppose Gag Bills That Harm Israel And Free Speech”
19 December 2018In response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU challenging a Texas law that imposes penalties on those who call for boycott of Israel or Israeli settlements, and in response to efforts in the U.S. Senate to include such legislation in the year-end appropriations bill, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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Five Organizations Reject Erdan’s Attack on Airbnb
5 December 2018We are dismayed to read your letter to governors of US states, in which you assert that Airbnb’s decision to delist homes in West Bank Jewish settlements is tantamount to adhering to the BDS Movement and constitutes anti-Semitism.
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Attack on Tree of Life Synagogue
28 October 2018We are angered and horrified by the news from Pittsburgh, where congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue were shot by a gunman with apparent anti-Semitic motives…
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NIF CEO Sokatch On Lara Alqasem Ruling: “Victory For Democracy And Academic Freedom”
18 October 2018Today, responding to the news that American student Lara Alqasem will be released from Ben Gurion Airport and allowed to study at Hebrew University, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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New Israel Fund CEO Sokatch On Detention Of American Student: “Lara Alqasem Should Be In Class Today…Netanyahu Government’s Entry Law Is A Tool For Witch Hunts”
16 October 2018Today, responding to the ongoing detention of Palestinian-American student Lara Alqasem at Ben Gurion Airport and the government’s prevention of Alqasem from commencing her studies at Hebrew University, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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New Israel Fund Announces David N. Myers, Leading Professor of Jewish History, As Next President of the Board
14 October 2018David N. Myers, a professor of Jewish history and longtime NIF board member, is the new president of NIF’s board.
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New Israel Fund Responds To Detention of American Jew At Israeli Border For Being “Here To Make Trouble”
13 September 2018NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch writes: If the Netanyahu government considers promoting equality, democracy, and justice to be ‘making trouble,’ we’ll wear that badge proudly”
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NIF CEO On Human Rights Defender Detentions: “We Will Not Be Intimidated Or Silenced”
31 August 2018Responding to the detentions of three leading human rights defenders in the South Hebron Hills today, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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