The crisis facing Palestinian citizens of Israel has reached the breaking point. The symptoms of years of discrimination and neglect are evident: rising crime, widespread unemployment and a sense of demoralisation and marginalisation.

7% of Israeli charities are Arab-led, but only a handful operate nationally.

40% of Palestinian citizens of Israel aged 19–24 are neither employed nor in education.

95% of Arab local authorities rank in Israel’s lowest socioeconomic tiers. We work to advance shared society-building through networking, community organizing, advocacy and litigation.

Nasij (Tapestry)

Our new flagship programme works to transform Palestinian civil society in Israel through a multi-year investment in three complimentary tracks:

1. We will provide seed funding, experienced mentors and the infrastructure and skills to develop 10 social change initiatives into professional charities over a year and a half. Once they have reached certain milestones they will be eligible for ongoing NIF grants and support.
2. We will provide 8 existing organisations with 100 hours of consultancy according to their needs, the tools to develop a strategy, training on fundraising, policy advancement, and media relations and build a network of peers to learn from.
3. Our 6-month Rawabit (Connection) Leadership Programme brings together young, talented Israeli Palestinians from communal leadership, social entrepreneurs or charity backgrounds to develop skills through lectures, fieldwork, workshops and charity placements.

We also have a women’s only leadership programme to upskill promising young Palestinian Israeli charity workers to promote mobility and increase local representation.