New Initiatives for Democracy
NIF is committed to a vision of Israel that is democratic and egalitarian. And we are ready to fight for it. New Initiatives for Democracy (NIFD) is our concerted campaign to equip Israel’s pro-democracy and progressive forces with the tools to fight Israel’s regressive right–and win.
So, what do we do now?
NIF's targeted strategy for a new reality
January 2023
We won’t be cowered or silenced by any “blacklist”
One of our flagship grantees, Standing Together, are leading the recent protests with the slogan “this is everyone’s home”.
January 2023
Exposing Exploitative Online Scams
NIF grantee FakeReporter exposed large-scale fraud on Facebook, which included a group ostensibly organising self-employed Israelis, but that was actually set up with thousands of fake profiles.
March 2022
Protecting Democracy
Last month, the New Israel Fund and Zulat: Equality and Human Rights co-sponsored the Haaretz newspaper’s Conference for Democracy in Tel Aviv. The conference was attended by leading public figures, government ministers, MKs, and social activists who discussed the state of Israeli democracy in 2021 in the shadow of various political crises and the new coalition government. The main issue under discussion this year was populism, one of the most influential political phenomena affecting many of the world’s democracies, including Israel.
December 2021