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Building Bus Stops for Unrecognized Bedouin Villages
7 March 2022A group of NIF grantees successfully petitioned Israel’s Ministry of Transportation to install bus stops near unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev, providing much-needed public transit access.
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Deep Dive — Bedouin in the Negev: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
3 February 2022The goal is to always to fight for equal rights for all – not only for tomorrow’s win, but for years to come.
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Strengthening Palestinian Israeli Social Change Organizations
9 December 2021NIF’s action arm Shatil is working to close the gap between Jewish Israeli and Palestinian Israeli NGO’s.
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Closing the Economic Gap Between Jewish and Arab Israelis
4 November 2021After pressure from multiple NIF grantees, the Israeli government approved a five-year plan to close socioeconomic gaps between Arab and Jewish Israelis.
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Shatil Spotlight: Besan Wattad
21 October 2021Meet Besan Wattad: a young Palestinian Israeli battling crime and violence in Palestinian society.
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Hackathon Seeks to Hack Crime in Israel’s Arab Communities
6 October 2021As violence in Arab Israeli communities reach an all-time high, NIF grantees and other organizations organized a hackathon to develop technologies for crime prevention.
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Advancing Progressive Values
19 August 2021With opportunities to influence Israel’s new government, NIF’s action arm, Shatil, steps up a new training program for civil society organizations advocating for their cause.
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Campaigning for Arabic in Public Spaces
5 August 2021Following a tireless campaign by NIF grantee Sikkuy – The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality, Ben Gurion Airport finally adds a “Welcome to Israel” sign in Arabic in addition to other Arabic signs.
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Opportunities, Challenges, and Israel’s Citizenship Law
7 July 2021Israel’s new government represents the start of a new era of opportunity for NIF and our grantees, especially those dealing with issues of shared society. But the Knesset fight over the racist Citizenship Law is a reminder that we must also remain ever-vigilant for the moments when this many-sided government faces hot button issues.
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Advocating for Arabic
17 June 2021NIF grantee Sikkuy – The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality launched a campaign encouraging Israeli Jews to learn Arabic.
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