Wednesday 28 January 2009, 8pm

Arab Citizens in the Jewish Homeland:

A Challenge to Democracy!?

With Professor Naomi Chazan and Nabila Espanioly

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Sunday 15 February 2009, 5pm

Israel Question Time

Ask our panel of journalists and public figures about what’s on your mind regarding Israeli society

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Monday 2 March 2009, 8pm

A Jewish and Social-Justice Vision for Israel

Learn how Israel – the State of the Jewish people - can truly become a Democratic state for all her citizens.

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Tuesday 3 March 2009, 8pm

Avraham Burg - A visionary before his time?

Jonathan Freedland interviews Avraham Burg

In a soul searching interview, Jonathan Freedland will explore Avraham Burg’s ideological journey over three decades.

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Does the Occupation have an Effect on Israeli Society and the Israeli Economy?

After over 40 years of Israel’s presence in the West Bank many people raise the question of what price Israeli society has paid in emotional, social and economic terms.

Manchester:

Sunday 29th March 2009, 1:15pm

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London:

Tuesday 31st March 2009, 8pm

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NEWS

New Israel Fund Statement on the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

NIF’s mandate is to strengthen Israel’s democracy and to promote freedom, justice and equality for all its citizens. We believe that Israel’s strength depends as much on its commitment to democratic principles as on its ability to defend itself against physical and military threats.

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Critical Currents: War, human rights and democracy

Naomi Chazan

A longer version of this article was published in THE JERUSALEM POST, 8 Jan 2009

The outcome of the war in Gaza will ultimately be decided by diplomatic means. The contours of these arrangements will reflect both the (probably indeterminate) results of the military offensive as well as global public opinion.

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Be’er Sheva Shelters Transformed into Havens for Children and Coexistence

With schools in Be’er Sheva closed since the city came under missile attack from Gaza, New Israel Fund grantee BINA Center for Jewish Identity and Hebrew Culture has taken responsibility for 40 children whose parents are out at work each day.

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Jewish and Arab Neighbors Hold Hands for Peace

A week into the recent conflict, 300 Jews and Arabs from the Wadi Ara region of Israel gathered to express their sadness at the harming of innocent civilians in Gaza and Israel

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Negev Bedouin Most Vulnerable to Gaza Rockets

Israel’s Supreme Court has given the Ministry of Education until next May to cancel its discriminatory National Priority Areas.

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SHATIL and the War in Gaza: Despite Difficulties, Staff Gears up to Help Southern NGOs

SHATIL’s regional branches were established primarily to reach out to disempowered populations in Israel's periphery. SHATIL's southern office staff live in Be'er Sheva, Kiryat Gat, Rahat, Sderot and other communities – all within the range of rocket fire from Gaza. 

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SHATIL Crisis Rights Hotline Continues After the War

The guns and bombs have (hopefully) been silenced, but the after effects of the war are not going away. The Hotline for Rights in Times of Emergency, launched by SHATIL

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Top US Expert Trains Social Change Activists in Israel's war zone

Veteran U.S. organisational consultant and social change expert Emily McKay is used to working in war zones. So she wasn’t scared when she arrived in Be'er Sheva -- to offer a training session to social change organisations in the south on surviving the economic crunch -- to a hail of exploding rockets.

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Jewish Goalkeeper Defends Arab Mayor

In an effort to rekindle the spirit of coexistence created through Israeli soccer, Meir Cohen, the Jewish captain of the Arab-owned Bnei Sakhnin team, has defended the city's mayor Mazan Ghanem.

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Message from Ellen Goldberg, NIF Executive Director

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