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Highlighting Victims of Child Detention
24 November 2020
NIF grantees staged an event centering testimonies of Palestinian children detained by the IDF in the West Bank.
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Exposing Invasive Surveillance Technologies
28 October 2020
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has submitted two petitions to court on the failure of the Israel Police and the Israel Defense Forces to reveal their use of facial recognition technology practices.
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Setting the Record Straight on Human Rights
29 January 2020
Israel’s Channel 12 news corrects a false report about NIF grantee Breaking the Silence and its work to end the occupation.
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NIF CEO on Anti-Filming Bill: Tyrants Restrict the Rights of People to Record What Happens Around Them; Democracies Don’t
15 June 2018Israel’s Cabinet is expected to vote on a bill on Sunday which calls for up to 10-year jail terms for anyone who distributes video or audio footage of IDF Soldiers. In Israel, as elsewhere in the world, video footage of police and military activity has become part of how citizens can blow the whistle on wrongdoing by authorities.
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Responding to the Gaza Crisis
25 May 2018
The terrible situation along the Israel-Gaza border deteriorated to a new low last week.
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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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Heroes of Israel: Mordechai Bar-On
12 May 2017
Meet a storied IDF officer and a former Knesset Member committed to peace.
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A New Breaking the Silence Report: “The High Command”
9 February 2017
In this new report, the veterans’ group documents the link between the settler movement and the IDF.
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Fact Sheet Following Im Tirtzu Ad Blitz
13 December 2012In today’s ad campaign, Im Tirtzu accuses NIF-supported Israeli human rights groups of spreading “false accusations” against the IDF. Their charges are unfounded. NIF stands for equality and democracy in Israel. We know that an Israel without a vibrant human rights sector would be a weaker democracy. Here are the facts:
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