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‘The New Israel Fund stands firm as a symbol of a democratic Zionist society’

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Published: 27 August 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

CARMI GILLON: The right-wing movement Im Tirtzu sows divisions among all sectors of Israeli society, which makes the work of NIF even more important

Words can kill (Ynet)
This week I made a modest contribution to the New Israel Fund. I received a nice thank-you note from them to which I responded that it should be forwarded to the Im Tirtzu movement.

The thunderous war drums of Im Tirtzu, terrorising all those who think differently than them, have awakened me from the pleasant snooze of summer vacation to the chaos that is taking over every decent part of the Jewish, egalitarian and democratic State of Israel.

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Israel’s public enemy No. 1 or the poster boy for Zionism? (Haaretz)
His name is Mickey Gitzin, he’s the CEO of NIF and from the way Netanyahu has gone after him, you’d think he was the devil incarnate

Norwegian activist shot twice in a week in West Bank protests (Haaretz)
The activist said she was at protests when soldiers shot her on two different occasions. IDF says it’s investigating

Photo: Mickey Gitzin (Tomer Appelbaum)
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