Press Releases

Read NIF's latest press releases and statements. For press inquiries, please contact Elisheva Goldberg at: ‪917.740.4031 phone or press@nif.org.

  • Media Resources for Intl. Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

    15 November 2005

    Since our founding in 1979, the New Israel Fund has pioneered funding and support for an array of organizations in Israel working for women’s rights and against domestic abuse, violence and the trafficking of women. More specifically, as part of our mission to strengthen democracy and promote social justice, NIF has led a feminist revolution in Israel by strengthening the women’s movement through financial and capacity-building support in order to combat violence against women and the feminization of poverty;

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  • Supreme Court Upholds Petition to Dismantle Section of the Fence

    25 September 2005

    Last week a nine judge panel of Israel ‘s Supreme Court ordered the state to dismantle 13 kilometers of the Security Fence already built near the Jewish West Bank settlement of Alfei Menashe, 20 miles northeast of Tel Aviv. This section of the Fence immediately south of the West Bank city of Qalqilya has created an enclave cutting five Palestinian villages off from the rest of the West Bank .  It is the first time that the Court has ruled that existing segments of the Fence must be dismantled.

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  • Israelis of All Opinions Gather for “These Things I Weep”

    15 August 2005

    A National Religious rabbi wept for “the ways of baseless hatred.” A rap singer, for “the divided city.” A Gush Katif settler, “for the bones of my daughter.” An Israeli Arab, for the victims of the terror attack in Shfaram. An ultra-Orthodox philanthropist, for the needy and the poor.

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  • Statement from New Israel Fund Re: Lieberman Attack on Arab MKs

    5 May 2005

    Washington , DC .  The New Israel Fund, which is committed to promoting human rights in Israel, today issued the following statement regarding Israeli MK Avigdor Lieberman’s call for “trial” and “execution” of Arab MKs.

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