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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and US Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem on February 19, 2020. (Prime Minister's Office)
July 10, 2026, 11:35 pm
GOP-led House panel launches probe of umbrella group that backs Israeli progressive causes
Republican lawmakers allied with Netanyahu claim New Israel Fund may have violated tax-exempt status, citing grant it made to organization that bussed Arabs to polling stations
By Jacob Magid
Mickey Gitzin, the interim CEO of the New Israel Fund. (Courtesy NIF via JTA)
January 21, 2026, 3:27 am
Dismissing nationalists and anti-Zionists, NIF’s interim CEO champions liberal democracy
Mickey Gitzin steps up to helm the New Israel Fund, an established but fast-growing NGO navigating the tricky progressive, pro-Israel terrain post-October 7
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Vivian Silver, left and Amal Alsana-Alhjooj, when they worked together in the early 2000s, at AJEEC in the Negev, an organization for social change (Courtesy)
November 20, 2024, 4:53 pm
Murdered peace activist Vivian Silver remembered with new prize
Vivian Silver Impact Award will be awarded each year to two women, a Palestinian and an Israeli, working in fields central to the life of Silver, who was killed in Oct. 7 attack
By Jessica Steinberg
Einav Zangauker holds a sign identifying her son Matan (24), one of the hostages taken captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during the October 7 massacre, as she stands on the roof of a car during a demonstration by hostages' relatives and supporters in Tel Aviv on May 6, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)
May 29, 2024, 5:20 pm
Hostage mother Einav Zangauker wins New Israel Fund award for courageous leadership
Single mother from Ofakim will receive the NIS 100,000 Truth to Power award for her efforts leading a public movement to secure the return of the hostages
By Jessica Steinberg
A man carries a cardboard box of food aid provided by World Central Kitchen in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 17, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
April 11, 2024, 12:56 pm
Jewish groups signal new interest in Gaza aid after fatal strike on food volunteers
New Israel Fund launches fundraiser to direct resources to World Central Kitchen, whose workers were killed in mistaken IAF airstrike, and to the International Rescue Committee
By JTA
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Mickey Gitzin, Director of the New Israel Fund in Israel (New Israel Fund)
November 8, 2023, 2:36 pm
Reflections on the Israeli Left
Yehuda Kurtzer and NIF’s Mickey Gitzin discuss how leftists in Israel are responding to this war and how that differs from the global left
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 25, 2023, 2:35 am
US sounds alarm over Likud bill targeting rights groups backed by foreign governments
State Department says human rights organizations ‘should have space to raise resources’ worldwide; NIF bashes ‘government of extremists’ as coalition weighs bill to impose 65% tax
By Jacob Magid
Noam party leader MK Avi Maoz seen during a vote in the Knesset, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 1, 2023, 10:47 am
Far-right Maoz seeks to end Diaspora donations to pluralistic school education
If he succeeds, Noam party’s deputy minister could cause new type of rift between Israel and US Jews, whose organizations donate billions of dollars to development of the country
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, walks to the chamber for final votes as the House wraps up its work for the week, at the Capitol in Washington, December 2, 2022. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
December 14, 2022, 9:04 pm
Liberal Jewish groups blast McCarthy for pledge to remove Ilhan Omar from committee
Array of movements say claims Minnesota congresswoman is antisemitic, anti-Israeli are false, suggest move meant to divert attention from such sentiments among Republicans
By Ron Kampeas
IDF soldiers carry out raids in the West Bank on August 18, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 14, 2022, 6:49 am
US says Israel handed it intel justifying shuttering of Palestinian NGOs
State Department says info under review by several US agencies; DC was unconvinced by previous batch of intelligence provided following blacklisting meant to prove ties to PFLP
By Jacob Magid
Security camera footage of Israeli troops raiding the offices of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in Ramallah on August 16, 2022. (Screen capture/Twitter)
August 19, 2022, 3:23 am
US says concerned by Israel’s raid on Palestinian NGOs, not convinced by prior intel
State Department says Israel pledged to provide new information justifying office closures, says ‘high bar’ needed to act against civil society
By Jacob Magid
Covers of the 72-year-old Jewish Currents magazine. (JTA collage)
December 24, 2021, 1:44 am
Leftist US Jewish magazine apologizes for running Israel fellowship ad
Jewish Currents says paid spot for Dorot Fellowship leadership training program ‘not in line with values’ to report on Israeli rights abuses, mocked for stance
By Ben Harris
Illustrative: Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund, at his office in Jerusalem, June 4, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 19, 2021, 11:35 pm
New Israel Fund CEO’s book is a toolbox for US Jews to discuss Israel-Palestine
In ‘Can We Talk About Israel,’ Daniel Sokatch provides readers of all ages and backgrounds with history and information they can use to engage intelligently about the Jewish state
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: An activist with Tag Meir, an Israeli group funded by the New Israel Fund, hands out flowers on a day to counter racism in Jerusalem on June 1, 2019. (NIF/Yossi Zamir via JTA)
March 12, 2021, 6:58 am
US federal court dismisses $110 million tax suit against New Israel Fund
Lawsuit filed by Zionist Advocacy Center said NIF violated its tax-exempt status by supporting Israelis who are vocal on political issues
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: An activist with Tag Meir, an Israeli group funded by the New Israel Fund, hands out flowers on a day to counter racism in Jerusalem on June 1, 2019. (NIF/Yossi Zamir via JTA)
August 5, 2020, 8:53 am
Activist targets New Israel Fund for ‘electioneering’ via anti-racism groups
David Abrams’ lawsuit alleges the group violated its tax-exempt status by supporting grantees in Israel who are vocal on political issues
By Ron Kampeas
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