New Israel Fund Protests Loyalty Oath Requirement

The vote by the Israeli Cabinet to send legislation to the Knesset requiring new non-Jewish citizens to swear a loyalty oath to the "Jewish state" shocked a wide range of Israeli leaders, as well as the NIF family of organisations.

New Israel Fund UK Human Rights Awards 2010

More than 300 people attended the NIF Human Rights Awards Dinner and Concert in the magnificent art deco surrounds of the Bloomsbury Ballroom. Renowned singers Achinoam (Noa) Nini and Mira Awad, and filmmaker Tomer Heymann were presented with their awards by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Sir Ronald Harwood, with the evening led by NIF UK Chairman Nicholas Saphir, and Dinner Committee Chair Jane Grabiner.

High Court Rules Against Street Barrier Separating Men and Women

The ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim district dismantled a street barrier separating men and women after the High Court of Justice ruled last week that the practice was unacceptable. The High Court was responding to a petition by NIF grantee Yerushalmim, which promotes pluralism in Jerusalem, and which had insisted that any division of public space in Israel is illegal.

Message from Ellen Goldberg, NIF UK Executive Director

High Court Orders Location-Based Tax Breaks to Be Discontinued

Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered the Tax Authority to discontinue tax breaks based on location. The ruling follows a petition by veteran NIF grantees Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Adalah: Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.

Planning Committee Scraps Highway through Nature Reserve