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Let There be Light!
12 February 2014
Residents of unrecognized Arab neighborhoods in Lod will finally be connected to the national electricity grid.
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Stay Tuned
30 January 2014In just a couple of weeks the NIF Board will convene in Tel Aviv for our winter board meeting. As usual, there’s a lot on our plate.
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Civil society wins public housing battle
30 January 2014
Two and a half years after the social justice protests, a major victory will help ensure more affordable housing.
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Arab Representatives to be Added to Important Government Committee
16 January 2014
Thanks to ACRI, equal representation is a step towards a more socially equal Negev.
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Israel Funds Non-Orthodox Rabbis
1 January 2014In a landmark victory for religious pluralism, the government announced that it will now allow rabbis from the Reform and Conservative movements to serve as state-salaried community rabbis. The decision follows a seven-year legal struggle by veteran NIF grantee Israel Religious Action Center.
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Immersion and Empowerment
5 December 2013
A new training program for mikva (ritual bath) attendants in Israel is an important step forward for women’s rights. The new training program, which will be run by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, was agreed upon following a campaign by Advot (Ripples), a group of women’s rights activists.
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Knesset Raises Minimum Age of Marriage
13 November 2013
In a victory for the rights of Arab and ultra-Orthodox women, the Knesset has raised the minimum age of marriage from 17 to 18. The amendment to the 1950 Age of Marriage Law passed its final vote with 55 in favor and 11 against. The vote follows a ten-year campaign by NIF grantee the Working Group for Equality in Personal Status Issues. Previously, religious parties had managed to prevent this legislation from being implemented.
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Success for Arab Women in the Municipal Elections
30 October 2013The number of women representatives of Arab municipalities nearly doubled in last week’s municipal elections. This follows a major NIF grant to five organizations (led by grantees Mossawa and Women against Violence) for the purpose of increasing female representation from all parties on local councils.
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Breakthrough for Movement for Freedom of Information
3 October 2013
In a victory for transparent government, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has announced that government dealings with private groups will now be made public.
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Landmark Ruling on Refugees in Israel
17 September 2013Asaf Weitzen, 34, is a lawyer with Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, one of the petitioners in the historic Supreme Court case challenging the Anti-Infiltration Law, which incarcerated more than 2000 African refugees without due process or recourse to the possibility of asylum. Following the verdict, NIF spoke to him to get his reaction to the landmark victory.
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