Read NIF's latest press releases and statements. For press inquiries, please contact Elisheva Goldberg at: 917.740.4031 phone or press@nif.org.
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NIF CEO Responds to Trump’s Tweets: He “Cannot Be a Friend of Israel”
16 July 2019In response to Donald Trump’s tweets that a group of four progressive Congresswomen of color are “anti-Israel,” “anti-Semitic,” and “anti-American,” and to whom he told they could “leave” if they didn’t like it in America, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch issued the following statement.
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NIF CEO Sokatch: “We Stand With Ethiopian Israelis in the Face of Racism and Police Violence”
1 July 2019In the early hours of July 1, an 18-year-old Ethiopian citizen of Israeli was shot to death by an off-duty police officer in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa in Northern Israel. Dozens protested racist treatment by police this morning in front of the Haifa police station. Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund, released the following statement…
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Ten Organizations Launch New Progressive Israel Network
24 June 2019Today, ten leading organizations representing Americans who are committed to pursuing democracy, equality and peace in Israel announced the launch of the Progressive Israel Network. The new coalition will provide a strong, unified voice in support of its members’ common goals: democracy and equal rights, religious freedom and pluralism, and a two-state solution that would secure a peaceful future for Israel and end the 52-year-long occupation.
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Progressive Pro-Israel Groups Urge House Leaders to Pass Resolution Opposing West Bank Annexation
19 June 2019Eight progressive, pro-Israel organizations today called on House leadership to vote on and pass House Resolution 326, which reaffirms support for the two-state solution and opposes any US actions that would encourage or endorse unilateral Israeli annexations in the West Bank.
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NIF CEO Sokatch: “Ambassador Friedman Holds Extremist Views”
11 June 2019Responding to U.S. Ambassador David Friedman’s comments that Israel has a right to annex parts of the West Bank, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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NIF Statement in Response to Shooting Attack in Poway Synagogue
27 April 2019We join members of the NIF family and the world as we mourn those killed and injured at synagogue in San Diego today.
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NIF CEO On Border Targeting Of Abraham Initiatives’ Board Member: “Equality Is Cause For Alarm”
16 April 2019Today, responding to news reports that Laura Mandel, a board member of the Abraham Initiatives, was questioned, subject to additional scrutiny and separated from her belongings by Israeli border security because of the NGO’s activities to promote equality between Arab and Jewish citizens in Israel, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement…
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NIF CEO Sokatch: “If Netanyahu Pushes Israel Into Annexation, There Will Be No Democratic Israel”
7 April 2019Responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that he will begin annexation if re-elected, Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund (NIF), released the following statement. . .
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7,500 American Jews: We Stand With Israelis Who Say No Kahanists In the Knesset
6 March 2019Over 7,500 American Jews, and another 1,000 from Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, have joined a petition in support of nearly 20,000 Israelis who have petitioned Israel’s Central Elections Committee to ban the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party from running in the April 9th elections.
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Following Otzma Yehudit Agreement, Eight Leading Organizations Call On American Jewish Community To Affirm: Kahanists Have No Place In The Knesset
21 February 2019We call on our colleagues in the American Jewish community and Jewish organizations to stand for democracy and equality and join us in affirming that Kahanists have no place in the Knesset.
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