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Protecting Democracy
18 November 2021Mickey Gitzen, Director of NIF in Israel, and many other Israeli leaders spoke at Haaretz’s Conference for Democracy. Gitzin and others reflected on the rise of populism and the current state of Israeli democracy.
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Exposing Anti-Women, Anti-Democratic Organizations
19 August 2021Haaretz and NIF grantee the Democratic Bloc recently exposed a dangerous up-and-coming coalition of conservative organizations and actors which seek to oppose gender equality and the LGBTQ community in Israel.
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Inside “Israel Tomorrow,” an Interactive Dialogue
25 July 2019The New Israel Fund and Haaretz collaborated on a dialogue series about building a just and democratic future in Israel.
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Haaretz Profiles NIF Israel Executive Director Mickey Gitzin
21 June 2018The popular Haaretz series “Facial Issues” profiles an Israeli by having them tell a story about each of their facial features.
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A Woman’s Place Can Be in Combat
21 March 2018“This is a watershed moment in Israeli society and we plan to continue to stand with all women, defend our right to be present in all spheres, and protect Israeli democracy.”
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Israel Revokes Citizenship of Hundreds of Negev Bedouin
31 August 2017Bedouin citizens of Israel are told that they were given their citizenship by mistake despite their long family lineage and connection to the land.
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No Boycotts of the Israel Conference on Peace
22 June 2017Ultranationalists pressured political leaders to pull out of the conference over NIF’s sponsorship. They were rebuffed.
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Netanyahu’s Effort to Isolate Human Rights Groups Backfires
12 May 2017The prime minister cancelled a meeting with the German foreign minister and drew attention to the issues.
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The Age of the Bully
6 April 2017The “bullyism” we see in the White House is infecting the American Jewish conversation.
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Mobilizing Dissent: How We Responded to Jen’s Detention
23 February 2017I am proud of the message that we sent to the authorities: democracies don’t shut down or keep out dissenting voices. Rather, they welcome the debate. That is the essence of democratic society.
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