“We have on this land, that which makes life worth living,” wrote the late Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish. These words, in English translation, adorn the walls of the Masafer Yatta home of Palestinian activist Basel Adraa whom I visited last week as a 2023 Naomi Chazan Global Activism Fellow of the New Israel Fund (NIF).

NIF supported Israeli women’s rights organizations to protest dangerous police reforms.

NIF Board Member Elah Alkalay spoke out for women’s rights at the pro-democracy demonstration in Tel Aviv

NIF is proud to provide an emergency grant to protests in Israel’s geographic periphery

NIF’s action arm Shatil is helping to coordinate among protesters and emerging leaders.

Public housing residents in Tel Aviv won their NIF-supported campaign against exorbitant housing costs.

NIF grantees led a protest against the new government’s policies in Tel Aviv on Saturday, with tens of thousands of demonstrators in attendance.

We spotlight leading Mizrahi feminist activist Shula Keshet and the impact of her work.

NIF grantee Kick It Out Israel (KIO) is hosting a soccer tournament to promote LGBTQ visibility and combat homophobia and transphobia in sports in Israel.