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Mothers Standing Up for the Right to Protest
17 February 2022
NIF gave an emergency grant to Wall of Moms, a growing movement of mothers taking a stand against police brutality at protests.
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The Country is Holding its Breath
15 October 2020When democratic freedoms are threatened, it’s up to regular citizens to ensure they are protected.
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Resisting Protest Suppression
14 October 2020
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel is speaking out against anti-democratic restrictions on the right to protest.
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Lessons from Belarus for Israeli Civil Society
17 September 2020
As Belarussians protest for democracy, Shatil is helping Israeli activists understand their struggle and their successful tactics.
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Exposing Protest Suppression in the West Bank
2 September 2020
NIF grantee B’Tselem revealed Israeli soldiers planting explosives on a road to a Palestinian village to deter protests.
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Defending the Right to Protest
22 August 2019The right to peaceful assembly is a core part of democracy in America and in Israel too. We Israelis forsake it at our democracy’s peril.
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This Isn’t About Jafar
25 May 2018The lived experience of so many Israelis who take part in political protests — peace activists, Ethiopian-Israelis, refugees, and even settlers — is that the police can and do act with brutal force to shut down political speech.
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Confronting Police Brutality in Haifa
25 May 2018
Video shows Jafar Farah calmly walking to a police cruiser after his arrest at a demonstration in Haifa on Friday night. He ended up with a broken knee.
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Detained Asylum Seekers Learn To Use Photography As a Protest Tool
14 September 2017
“I want to tell my story, who I am and how I got here, and then ask: Do you think I deserve these conditions?”
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Defending Israelis’ Right to Protest
8 June 2017
NIF grantees responded swiftly and effectively to a recent incident of police violence in Petah Tikva.
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