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David Davidi-Brown at 2024's Human Rights Awards (credit: Yoav Pichersky)
July 1, 2026, 10:30 am
Five years at New Israel Fund have taught me that empathy cannot be rationed
It is possible – indeed essential – to hold deep commitment to Israelis alongside urgent compassion for Palestinians
By David Davidi-Brown
Gadi Moses, taken hostage on 7 October and released after 428 days in captivity, stands in a field in his home, Kibbutz Nir Oz (Ziv Koren, Polaris Images, Yedioth Ahronoth, 9 April 2025)
June 12, 2026, 4:33 pm
Bearing Witness, Finding Hope
Bearing witness is not only about seeing clearly. It is also about refusing to surrender to hopelessness
By Noeleen Cohen
One of the photographs featured, taken during a protest held after the murder of hostages in Rafah (Tomer Appelbaum, Ha'aretz)
May 20, 2026, 1:30 pm
Photography from a Troubled Land: Testimonies from Israel and Gaza
Public discourse often demands certainty and simplicity; these photos offer the courage to look closely, direct our gaze towards others, feel compassion and ask difficult questions
By Dana Wohlfeiler-Lalkin
Vivian Silver awards with Christiane Amanpour, Dr Jasr Kawkby and Sharone Lifshitz
March 25, 2026, 3:01 pm
New Israel Fund London event celebrates Vivian Silver, peace activist
NIF honours Jewish and Arab recipients of Vivian Silver awards
By Jenni Frazer
New Israel Fund’s 2025 Human Rights Awards in London. Credit: Yoav Picherski
November 10, 2025, 12:59 pm
Peacebuilders honoured for defying despair at New Israel Fund’s Human Rights Awards
Honourees Hanan Alsanah and Avner Gvaryahu recognised for championing equality and coexistence amid deepening conflict
By Rosa Doherty
Protest for the release of the hostages. (Photo: Motti Kimchi via Ynet)
October 15, 2025, 3:03 pm
OPINION: A day of light and shadow
The return of the hostages is a moment of collective relief and deep sorrow - a hard-won victory of civil society, and a reminder of the families whose pain endures
By Shira Ben Sasson Furstenberg
Ultranationalists protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of assaulting a Hamas terrorist, at the Beit Lid military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024. (Chen Leopold/ Flash90)
July 31, 2024, 4:38 pm
OPINION: Sde Teiman shows we must support courage over cruelty
'It can be hard to know where to turn when confronted by the worst behaviour within any society and even more so when it comes from a place we cherish', writes David Davidi-Brown
By David Davidi-Brown
Maoz Inon with the mandala his mother gave him. It reads: 'We can achieve all our dreams if we have the courage to chase them'
May 13, 2024, 1:12 pm
Path for peace: Parents Circle event hears from bereaved Israeli and Palestinian
Immediately following the Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Israel two men who have recently lost family members to violence speak of the need for reconciliation rather than revenge
By Jewish News Reporter
'Together we will win'; slogan atop of one of the buildings at the Azrieli Centre
March 14, 2024, 3:19 pm
OPINION: Together, we will win for all in Israel and Palestine
'We can have sympathy for grieving and terrified Israelis without defending all the actions of an extremist government that continues to jeopardise their safety', writes David Davidi-Brown
By David Davidi-Brown
Tens of thousands of Israelis protesting against Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed changes to Israel's judiciary
October 20, 2023, 5:20 pm
OPINION: We must stand with Israel and stand for justice
'The authoritarian aspirations that prompted forty weeks of mass protests have not disappeared,' writes David Davidi-Brown, CEO, New Israel Fund
By David Davidi-Brown
Anti-overhaul activists block a road during a protest against the government’s judicial overhaul, near the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 24, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90
July 25, 2023, 11:46 am
‘Deeply disappointed’: Board of Deputies and JLC react to judicial reform vote in Israel
British Jewish communal organisations "plead with Israeli leaders to return urgently to dialogue" following the passing of the "reasonableness law"
By Michelle Rosenberg
An illustrative photo of a banner supporting the Breaking the Silence organization, in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2017. The banner reads 'We are all breaking the silence.' (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 26, 2023, 4:20 pm
OPINION: Israel risks becoming unrecognisable as a Jewish or democratic state
If Israel's government pushes forward autocratic policies, such as taxing civil society groups receiving foreign government funding at 65%, the country will have taken a decisively anti-democratic turn.
By David Davidi-Brown
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich
March 3, 2023, 11:05 am
White House refuses to meet with Smotrich when he visits US
Israeli finance minister who called for a Palestinian village to be “wiped out” is visiting the United States next week to meet with leaders of Israel Bonds.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Nabila Espanioly receives a standing ovation as she accepts the Human Rights Awards. Picture: Twitter
November 8, 2022, 9:30 am
Standing ovation for Palestinian feminist activist at NIF awards dinner
Nabilia Espanioly, who has helped push for early childhood education within Israeli Arab society, honoured at the annual New Israel Fund Human Rights Awards.
By Nicole Lampert
New Israel Fund CEO Daniel Sokatch
March 14, 2022, 11:12 am
New Israel Fund CEO says conversations about Israel are “an emotional minefield”
Daniel Sokatch tells Jewish News he has seen the discourse become 'more and more antagonistic and vituperative, and less and less appealing to people who would like a way in'
By Jenni Frazer
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