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“The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for famine had been met, signalling a major escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza."
UN-backed experts declare famine in and around Gaza City
IPC says famine is ‘entirely man-made’ and immediate response is needed or avoidable deaths will soar
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NIF is appalled by the announcement by Israel’s security cabinet that it will go along with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s scheme to fully re-occupy Gaza. We stand with all those standing up to this government and demanding a better future for all. Read the full statement: www.nif.org/press-releas...
NIF CEO: “We are Appalled by the Plan to Reoccupy Gaza” • New Israel Fund
In response to the news that the Israeli government has decided to re-occupy Gaza, New Israel Fund CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement: NIF is appalled by the announcement by Israel’s…
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Mickey Gitzin, NIF Director in Israel, on the real purpose of the war: "When a sitting cabinet minister says, 'All of Gaza will be Jewish' or that the Strip must be 'erased'—those are not slips of the tongue. They are warnings." www.nif.org/blog/true-pu...
The True Purpose of this War • New Israel Fund
Things are shifting in Israel right now. Netanyahu has said, explicitly, that he intends to re-occupy Gaza, and in a cabinet meeting today, the government is expected to approve his plan. This…
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As reporter Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps explains in a recent episode of the New York Times podcast, the Daily, cracks may be starting to form in the wall Israeli journalists have built around their reporting.
Nearly a thousand people gathered yesterday outside of Trump Hotel in New York City to call for an end to this terrible war, to mass starvation, to Israelis in captivity, to overwhelming destruction. NIF was so proud to join so many in the Jewish community to say loudly and clearly: let Gaza live!
ICYMI Adi Ronen Argov, winner of our 2025 Truth to Power Award, spoke with Haaretz about what it’s been like to document—in painful, gut-wrenching detail—the impact of this war on those who she calls the “forcibly involved," including and especially, children. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'The children haunt me at night': A protest forces Israelis to face kids killed in Gaza
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The time to act is now. Join us on Monday, August 4 at 6:30 p.m. across from Columbus Circle as Jews say no to starvation in Gaza.
Mickey Gitzin, Director of NIF in Israel, on the real purpose of this war.
Proud to stand with T’ruah rabbis who were outside of the Israeli Consulate in NYC on Monday protesting the starvation of Gazans. ✊
Today we are mourning Awdah Al-Hathaleen, a fearless Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta. Awdah was murdered yesterday by Israeli extremist settler Yinon Levi. We owe it to Awdah to keep fighting for accountability and justice. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Palestinian who helped make Oscar-winning No Other Land killed in West Bank
Israeli settler Yinon Levi, whom Trump removed from US sanctions list, arrested after death of Awdah Hathaleen
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“People debate starving or deporting Gaza’s residents on television as if these are legitimate options,” said Michael Sfard, an Israeli human rights lawyer. “But a different voice is trying to penetrate the almost unified public discourse." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza
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Hundreds marched through the streets of central Tel Aviv last night carrying sacks of flour and photos of Palestinian children in Gaza in a protest organized by Standing Together. Video courtesy of @standing-together.bsky.social and @alonlee.bsky.social
ACRI's Executive Director Noa Sattath: "We need a combination of forces to extricate ourselves from the moral abyss into which we have tumbled." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
In the not-so-distant future, Israel will have to reckon with its war crimes in Gaza | Opinion
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Hungry people waiting for food should not be shot at. Period. May this violence come to an end, may all the hostages be released, and may Gazan civilians—mothers, fathers, grandparents, children and babies—be allowed respite from this nightmare they have been living. secure.nif.org/k9Q2aD1WXkil...
New Israel Fund is raising urgent funds for food aid in Gaza
Use the secure form to make your tax-deductible contribution. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
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Libby Lenkinski, vice president for public engagement at NIF and founder and president of Albi, has three pro-tips for talking about Israel now and always. Watch the video for more.
As we've said all along: this war is not about keeping Israelis safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
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We are thrilled to announce the recipient of our 2025 Truth to Power Award: Israeli activist Adi Argov, founder of the Daily File project. Read more. www.nif.org/press-releas...
Adi Argov, who exposes harm to Palestinian children, wins top prize from New Israel Fund • New Israel Fund
NEW YORK, Today, the New Israel Fund announced that its top prize for 2025 will go to Adi Argov, an Israeli activist who has made it her mission to bring the images of innocent civilians suffering in…
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TODAY at 11am in Washington DC! Be there if you can to send this concise message to Bibi and DJT ahead of their meeting. Together with @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social, @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, @truahrabbis.bsky.social, @newisraelfund.bsky.social, and @unxeptable.bsky.social.
As Trump and Netanyahu meet today in the White House, and those who care about the future of all people in the Middle East hope against hope for news of a Gaza ceasefire, Aaron David Miller, NIF board member, reflects on why he supports NIF. We are, he says, "Idealists without illusions."
This week, NIF approved an emergency grant for Rabbis for Human Rights to bring water, food, medical equipment, and fuel to Palestinian communities in the West Bank that have been under siege since the start of the war with Iran.
As Iran responds to Israel’s attacks, the NIF community around the world is feeling deeply anxious and concerned for our colleagues, friends and family in Israel, Jewish and Palestinian. for innocents in Iran and throughout the region. We pray that the voices of peace and reconciliation will prevail
NIF’s Shira Ben Sasson: “The safe return of Edan Alexander from the depths of Hamas captivity is a moment of profound relief and joy. Our hearts are with the Alexander family in their reunion—his return to them is a light in a time of darkness. www.timesofisrael.com/for-families...
For families, joy, despair, frustration over coming release of hostage Edan Alexander
Families decry government for being left out of loop of talks; Netanyahu’s office: Israel has committed to safe corridor for Alexander’s release, but not to truce
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Last week some celebrated Yom HaAtzmaut as others mourned the Nakba (Catastrophe). In both cases, says NIF Froman Fellow Hannah Lybik, the Flood story in Genesis offers a pathway for understanding and holding how one moment might be experienced in such drastically different ways.
Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent legal resident of the United States, and peace advocate, was just released from detention. Here's what he said once he was released: “They arrested me. What’s the reason? Because I raised my voice, and I said no to war, yes to peace." We agree. Yes to peace.
Every year, we support an alternative Memorial Day ceremony that honors the grief of Israelis & Palestinians who mourn their loved ones who have fallen in this conflict. This land has soaked up too many tears and too much blood. But out of this endless darkness, we all have a choice: to choose hope.
טקס יום הזיכרון המשותף ה-20 | The 20th Joint Memorial Ceremony | مراسم يوم الذكرى المشترك ال-20
YouTube video by Combatants for Peace
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As the leading organization dedicated to defending civil liberties in Israel, we firmly oppose any action that claims to defend Israel by actively infringing on those same civil liberties here at home.
Jewish Groups and Synagogues Defend Students Detained by ICE
More than two dozen are joining a legal effort to free a Tufts University student the Trump administration is trying to deport because of her pro-Palestinian views.
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A message from Prof. David Myers, NIF's immediate past board president, about Moshen Mahdawi: "Coming off of two days of Passover, I was horrified to discover that my friend, Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi, was arrested. (1/6)
