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 Responds to COVID-19 with Strategy to Make Israel a More “Just, Democratic, and Equal Society”
5 May 2020The New Israel Fund (NIF) today announced its Crisis Action Plan, a set of strategies to help all people in Israel weather the coronavirus crisis and work to ensure that the country emerges a more just, democratic, and equal society.
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Global Coalition of Jews Against Trump’s Deal
12 February 2020Dozens of leading Jewish organizations, including the New Israel Fund, clearly state opposition to President Trump’s annexation plan.
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NIF CEO on Trump Plan: This is an “unbalanced presidential edict disguised as a ‘peace plan’
28 January 2020Responding to the news that the Trump Plan enables, encourages, and facilitates annexation in the West Bank that hands Israel’s future to the radical settler right, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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NIF CEO Rejects Continued Occupation, Settlements, and Annexation
22 January 2020In response to the current debate in Israel about annexing part or all of the West Bank, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.
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NIF CEO on Proposed Anti-BDS Legislation: “A Healthy Democracy Protects Freedom of Expression”
15 January 2020A healthy democracy protects freedom of expression; it does not silence citizens. This legislation is an effort to gag Americans who oppose settlements.
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NIF CEO: “Pompeo’s Anti-Democratic ‘Doctrine’ Will Deter No One”
8 January 2020The Trump Administration’s so-called ‘Pompeo Doctrine’ overturns decades of international consensus and threatens Israelis and Palestinians with a dark future of endless conflict.
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NIF Statement in Response to Anti-Semitic Attack in Rabbi’s House During Chanukah
29 December 2019We are horrified and deeply saddened by yet another attack on Jewish people in the New York area, this time in a Rabbi’s home during a Chanukah celebration. May the families of the victims find comfort.
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NIF CEO on Trump E.O: “Limiting Students’ Speech Harms All Of Us”
11 December 2019Today, following the release of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order: Combating Anti-Semitism, seeking to withhold federal funding from universities in a manner that would restrict freedom of expression on U.S. college campuses, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.
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NIF Statement in Response to Shooting Attack in Jersey City Kosher Supermarket
11 December 2019Our hearts break for the victims and for their families of the JC Kosher Supermarket attack in Jersey City — may their memories be for a blessing.
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Progressive Israel Network Commends Passage of House Resolution 326 Opposing Annexation, Supporting Two-State Solution
6 December 2019As leading progressive pro-Israel organizations in the American Jewish community, we commend the House of Representatives for passing House Resolution 326. This landmark resolution, which reaffirms support for a two-state solution, marks the first time the House has formally opposed unilateral Israeli annexation of the West Bank and asserted longstanding US opposition to settlements.
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