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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NIF CEO On Kahanists Barred from the Knesset: “Kahanism Has No Place in the Knesset”
26 August 2019In response to the news that members of the Kahanist “Jewish Power” Party will be barred from running in Israel’s upcoming elections NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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NIF CEO: Trump Shows “A Total Lack of Knowledge About Jewish People.”
20 August 2019In response to President Trump’s comments that American Jews who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement…
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Backgrounder: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Refusal to Allow Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Entry to Israel
15 August 2019The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refuse entry into Israel of two prominent Democratic freshman members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, is another instance of Benjamin Netanyahu choosing his own short-term personal and political interests over the interests of the Israeli people.
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NIF CEO: Netanyahu’s Decision to Bar Reps. Tlaib and Omar “Abandons Israeli Democracy”
15 August 2019In response to reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reversing his decision to allow Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib into Israel, Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund, released the following statement. . .
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Likud Voter Suppression Tactics Targeting Arab Citizens Challenged by Israeli Civil Society Organizations
8 August 2019On Thursday, August 8th, Israel’s Central Election Committee heard testimony on vigilante voter suppression and disenfranchisement tactics used by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud Party. Chairman of the Central Election Committee, Justice Hanan Melcer, is expected to issue a precedent-setting opinion within a week.
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Maisam Jaljuli Wins The New Israel Fund’s Gallanter Prize
1 August 2019NIF announced that it will grant the “Guardian of Democracy” Gallanter Prize to Maisam Jaljuli.
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NIF CEO Responds to Trump’s Tweets: He “Cannot Be a Friend of Israel”
16 July 2019In response to Donald Trump’s tweets that a group of four progressive Congresswomen of color are “anti-Israel,” “anti-Semitic,” and “anti-American,” and to whom he told they could “leave” if they didn’t like it in America, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch issued the following statement.
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NIF CEO Sokatch: “We Stand With Ethiopian Israelis in the Face of Racism and Police Violence”
1 July 2019In the early hours of July 1, an 18-year-old Ethiopian citizen of Israeli was shot to death by an off-duty police officer in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa in Northern Israel. Dozens protested racist treatment by police this morning in front of the Haifa police station. Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund, released the following statement…
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Ten Organizations Launch New Progressive Israel Network
24 June 2019Today, ten leading organizations representing Americans who are committed to pursuing democracy, equality and peace in Israel announced the launch of the Progressive Israel Network. The new coalition will provide a strong, unified voice in support of its members’ common goals: democracy and equal rights, religious freedom and pluralism, and a two-state solution that would secure a peaceful future for Israel and end the 52-year-long occupation.
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Progressive Pro-Israel Groups Urge House Leaders to Pass Resolution Opposing West Bank Annexation
19 June 2019Eight progressive, pro-Israel organizations today called on House leadership to vote on and pass House Resolution 326, which reaffirms support for the two-state solution and opposes any US actions that would encourage or endorse unilateral Israeli annexations in the West Bank.
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