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Shatil Spotlight: Gathering and Visioning the Future of Israeli Civil Society
20 July 2023Shatil brought together 70 civil society members for a summit to develop a strategic plan on how to build a broad civic coalition for equality by 2023.
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Envisioning a Just Transition for Climate Change
1 December 2022Shatil’s Leehee Goldenberg returned from COP27 in Egypt with new questions and hope
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Civil Society is Laying the Blueprint for Social Change
4 March 2021At times it can feel that victories for equality are few and far between and that the destination of a truly just society is a long ways off. This week is an exception.
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The Double Test for Israel’s Emergency Government
21 May 2020The moral test of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. In this moment of crisis, this new government will have another test as well: whether it will preserve or forsake Israel’s democratic foundations.
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WATCH: NIF’s Crisis Action Plan, Explained
7 May 2020In this moment of crisis, NIF leadership is working with our grantees on the front lines in Israel. Together, we created a Crisis Action Plan to chart the way forward.
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Israel’s Civil Society is Rising to the Challenge – And So Must We
2 April 2020Israeli civil society has turned on a dime responding to this pandemic. As long as this crisis lasts, we have to ensure that our grantees have the resources they need to fight for equal access to healthcare and resources for everyone who needs it.
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Israeli Civil Society Orgs React to Israeli Election Committee’s ‘No Camera’ Ruling Against Likud Voter Suppression Tactics
27 August 2019Responding to news that the Chairman of Israel’s Central Election Committee, Justice Hanan Melcer, had ruled that political parties will not be allowed to set up cameras in polling places, three leading civil society organizations in Israel who challenged Likud voter suppression tactics and NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statements…
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Legislative Alert: Two Bills That Really Matter
25 April 2018The Nation-State bill and the High Court bill—both threats to Israeli democracy—will be on the agenda when the Knesset reconvenes next week.
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NIF CEO on Deportation Win: “Civil Society Stronger than Cruel and Fearful Few”
2 April 2018In response to the Israeli government’s announcement that it will cancel its plan to deport people seeking asylum from African nations, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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Police Investigate Breaking the Silence Leader
13 July 2017The investigation began following political pressure and is likely intended to deter more soldiers from speaking out.
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