Read NIF's latest press releases and statements. For press inquiries, please contact Elisheva Goldberg at: ‪917.740.4031 phone or [email protected].

• NIF CEO: Arizona Anti-BDS Law is Bad for Israel and an Affront to American Democracy

  9 September 2021

  In response to the news that State of Arizona — in the most significant implementation of anti-BDS legislation to date — has begun to divest all public funds from Ben & Jerry’s parent company, Unilever, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch issued the following statement.

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• NIF CEO: “Israel doesn’t have a BDS problem; it has an occupation and a settlement problem”

  20 July 2021

  In response to Israeli leaders strong reaction to Ben & Jerry’s decision to cease distribution in occupied Palestinian territory, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.

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• NIF CEO: “I am gratified to see this appalling practice ending.”

  16 June 2021

  Responding to the news that the commander of the IDF’s Central Command has decided to end the practice of nighttime home invasions in the West Bank for “intelligence mapping” purposes, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch issued the following statement.

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• NIF CEO on the Fall of Netanyahu: “His Legacy Will Echo”

  13 June 2021

  Responding to the news that, after twelve years in power, Benjamin Netanyahu’s term as prime minister has ended, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.

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• NIF CEO: “We Don’t Support BDS. Idaho and West Virginia Laws Harm Israel And Free Speech.”

  1 May 2021

  In response to both the Idaho and West Virginia legislatures passage of laws that penalize Americans who call for boycott of Israel or Israeli settlements, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.

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• In First, the New Israel Fund Gives Grants Directly to Israeli Artists

  18 April 2021

  NIF announced today that it has awarded $42,000 in grants of $3,000 (NIS 10,000) each to 14 individual Israeli artists.

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• NIF CEO: “Kahanism is a Danger to Israeli Democracy”

  25 March 2021

  In response to the news that Israel’s Knesset will include the ideological successors to Meir Kahane’s racist ideology, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.

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• “Today is a day to celebrate” – NIF’s Mickey Gitzin on Israeli Supreme Court decision

  1 March 2021

  Responding to the news that Israel’s Supreme Court declared Reform and Conservative conversions in Israel valid for the purposes of Israel’s Law of Return, NIF Directors Mickey Gitzin (Israel) and Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen (New York / tri-state area) released the following statements.

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• Union Yes At The New Israel Fund

  2 December 2020

  On Tuesday, December 1, New Israel Fund’s (NIF) management and Board warmly welcomed NIF Union/OPEIU Local 29, the NIF staff union representing all non-supervisory, non-managerial, non-confidential US-based staff.

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• NIF CEO: “Equating all Jews with Israel, as Sec Pompeo has, is antisemitic.”

  20 November 2020

  In response to Secretary Mike Pompeo’s visit to Israeli settlements, plans to classify boycott, divestment and sanctions tactics as antisemitic and equate the West Bank with Israel, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.

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