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

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.

NIF CEO: “Oklahoma anti-BDS Law Harms Israel and Free Speech.”

In response to the Oklahoma legislature passing a law that penalizes Americans who call for boycott of Israel or Israeli settlements, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.

NIF CEO: “We Don’t Support BDS. Missouri Law Harms Israel And Free Speech.”

In response to the Missouri legislature passing a law that penalizes Americans who call for boycott of Israel or Israeli settlements, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement.

NIF CEO on Proposed Anti-BDS Legislation: “A Healthy Democracy Protects Freedom of Expression”

A healthy democracy protects freedom of expression; it does not silence citizens. This legislation is an effort to gag Americans who oppose settlements.

New Israel Fund CEO Sokatch: “Friends of Democratic Israel Must Oppose Gag Bills That Harm Israel And Free Speech”

Today, 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. . .

Five Organizations Reject Erdan’s Attack on Airbnb

We 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.

Back to School for Breaking the Silence

A law intended to bar the organization from speaking at Israeli schools did not stop Avner Gvaryahu from accepting an invitation to speak about the occupation at a Tel Aviv high school.

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American Student Finally Granted Entry to Study in Israel

22-year-old graduate student Lara Alqasem was held at Ben Gurion airport for more than two weeks before she was allowed to join her classmates at Hebrew University.

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The American Grad Student Living at Ben Gurion Airport

The more we argue about whether or not Lara Alqasem is a BDS supporter, the more we implicitly concede the point that it is just fine when a liberal democracy denies entry to a person simply because the government doesn’t like her political views.

NIF CEO: “Banning political opposition is the policy of autocracies, not democracies”

Our position is principled: We do not support the BDS movement. We oppose the government’s travel ban and all its actions to punish those with whom it disagrees.