The recent conflict between Israel and the Iranian regime created urgent needs and highlighted existing challenges.

While supporting all Israelis in their recovery from recent attacks, we are also responding to the unique needs of vulnerable communities — including Palestinians, Bedouins, immigrants, asylum seekers, women and children.

Please click here to support our work for a better and safer future for all Israelis.

Here are some of the organisations we are supporting:

NATAL Israel Trauma and Resilience Centre

NATAL saw a 700% increase in calls during the recent events and expanded its support hotline, making it available 24/7.

We funded NATAL after 7 October, when they elevated their hotline service, which handled 24,000 calls in a few months. The number of therapists increased from 100 before the war to 300 today, and their training has reached hundreds of trauma specialists in Israel and beyond.

AJEEC-NISPED, the Regional Council of Unrecognised Villages, and Negev Coexistence Forum

In the Negev, where only a few Bedouin communities have access to bomb shelters or formal emergency services, these three organisations reactivated an Emergency Response Centre (from the time after 7 October). Coordinating 80+ civil society groups, they helped communities reach shelters under bridges and in schools and ran a hotline to provide trauma support for their communities.

Bedouin ‘shelter’- Regional Council for the Unrecognised Villages in the Negev

Achoti (My Sister)

The Atomic Shelter at Tel Aviv’s New Central Bus Station (with the capacity to protect 16,000 people) stood abandoned for years. It was officially opened during the recent attack thanks to the persistent struggle of our grantee Achoti. This is a significant, life-saving achievement in an area where most residents until now had no protective shelter.

Atomic Shelter in TLV- Shira Shechter

Tzedek Centres

Tzedek Centres across the country delivered medicine and food to people unable to leave their homes, worked to clean public bomb shelters and supported reservists’ families. They have also translated the national safety instructions to Amharic and Russian and led local events to bring people together during times of distress.

Tzedek Centres have 18 locations across the country working with residents to address the issues they care about and transform their communities. In 2021, we helped open the first Tzedek Centre in a mixed city and in 2023, we funded the opening of the first three Negev Tzedek Centres (in Ofakim, Netivot and Ashkelon) to support the recovery of communities directly attacked by Hamas but not considered in government restoration and rehabilitation plans. They have since opened a centre in the North (Nahariya) to help communities through ongoing crises.

Tzedek Centre volunteers in Tamra, cleaning bomb shelters and in the municipality, meeting to discuss emergency assistance- Tzedek Centre.

Women Against Violence

In ten Arab municipalities, Women Against Violence has been training local coordinators to receive information and direct residents to support services, manage emergency volunteers and create safe spaces for children.

Mossawa Centre

Mossawa Centre has been publishing Arabic-language information about emergency precautions, supporting council members and youth leaders, offering legal aid and operating a shelter in Haifa for those denied access elsewhere.

Mossawa Centre- Shutterstock

Beytna

Beytna has been equipping young people with first aid skills, staffing a mental health hotline and streaming cultural content to help families cope emotionally.

Al-Tufula

Al-Tufula, founded by former NIF UK Human Rights Award winner Nabila Espanioly, has supported thousands of parents and children with videos, printed materials, board games and a hotline to help navigate the psychological trauma of the war.

SafeHeart

With a team of over 400 mental health professionals, including psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists, SafeHeart provides 1,000 survivors of the Nova Music Festival massacre (and their families) with ongoing mental and physical health support.

Today in Israel, many believe that military force is the only option, but this moment demands more than force; it demands imagination, responsibility, and a long-term vision.

The NIF continues to support a cohort of policy experts, educators, and strategists working to articulate a different future based on peace, justice, security and regional cooperation. For example, we supported the establishment of a dedicated unit within the ‘Mitvim’ Institute that focuses on Iran. For more information on our work for a vision of security and peace, please click here.

Top Image: Left – Daria Levit, Shatil Stock. Right- Yossi Zamir, Shatil Stock.