Last week the American Studies Association announced their boycott of Israeli universities.

We know that all boycott proponents see when they look at Israel is a hopelessly discriminatory society. They see an Israel where women have to fight for the right to sit at the front of the bus. They see an Israel where the Knesset debates how to constrain civil liberties. They see an Israel mired in occupation.

They’re only seeing half the picture.

They’re missing the vibrant pro-democracy community devoted to the vision of Israel’s founders: a state that ensures complete equality of social and political rights without regard to religion, race, or sex.

Donate today to empower Israel’s progressive advocates. Make sure they have the resources to push the extremists back to the margins.

What I admire most about NIF supporters is your courage. You’re brave enough to look squarely at the obstacles Israeli society must confront. You know that it takes a tremendous amount of work — community organizing, policy advocacy, legal intervention — to create a better Israel. And you step up to get it done.

Donate now. Together we can defeat the inequality, injustice, and extremism that diminish Israel.

You and I have the power — and the responsibility — to give Israel’s progressives the resources they need. It’s on us.

NIF raises one-third of our budget in December every year. Now is the time to make your gift. 

If you and I succeed, Israel will thrive as a free and open society. If we fail, extremists will change Israel into a place you and I will hardly recognize.

It’s up to us.

Daniel Sokatch, CEO
New Israel Fund