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 Slams Israeli NGO Bill Anti-Civil Society Measure
9 February 2016Late last night, the Israeli Knesset approved in a preliminary vote a highly controversial bill, authored by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, that targets progressive and human rights organizations in what they describe as another attempt to punish criticism of Israeli government policy.
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Statement: Israeli Officials’ Disparagement of Non-Orthodox Jews Must Not Be Tolerated
3 February 2016In recent days, key members of the Israeli government have expressed outrageous views regarding non-Orthodox Jews.
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Statement From New Israel Fund RE: Reversal of Cancellation of Wider Bridge / Israeli LGBTQ Event
19 January 2016The New Israel Fund thanks the organizers of Creating Change Conference for reversing course and reinstating the event sponsored by A Wider Bridge and featuring the activists from Jerusalem Open House.
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Statement on Cancellation of a “Wider Bridge” Event by LGBTQ Task Force
18 January 2016The New Israel Fund condemns the cancellation of an event sponsored by “A Wider Bridge” by the National LGBTQ Task Force, the organizers of the Creating Change conference next week in Chicago.
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Statement of the New Israel Fund RE: Uvda Program and Allegations
13 January 2016“In our view, everyone — regardless of where they are on the ideological spectrum — should be held accountable if they have broken the law and endangered the lives of others. The entire matter must be investigated.”
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Join the New Israel Fund in Opposing the “Transparency” (Hypocrisy) Law
6 January 2016The Israeli Cabinet recently voted to support an anti-NGO bill, which is now moving to the Knesset. Get details about this bill here.
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Statement from New Israel Fund on Cabinet Passage of ‘Transparency Bill’
27 December 2015In another attempt to punish criticism of Israeli government policy, the Ministerial Cabinet today passed the bill that targets progressive and human rights organizations. We at NIF urge the Knesset to reject this proposed legislation.
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Incitement Against Israel’s Human Rights Community, and the Flag Unfurled
18 December 2015Here are a few key facts about what’s going on…
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Statement From New Israel Fund RE: Im Tirtzu Campaign Against Human Rights Activists
16 December 2015We at the New Israel Fund, the largest private funder of the Israeli human rights community, are deeply concerned by the latest attacks on the organizations we support.
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More Than 1,000 Participants at HaaretzQ with New Israel Fund Conference in New York
15 December 2015More than 1,000 Americans, Israelis, and Palestinians participated in the first-ever HaaretzQ with New Israel Fund Conference on December 13 in New York.
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