Instructions for Wire Transfer

Instructions for Wire TransferNoa2023-09-05T14:49:54+03:00

Wire transfers to the Human Rights Defenders Fund are available through the New Israel Fund to those who would like to send a tax-deductible “donor-advised gift” from a bank account or a private fund. Wire transfers will only be forwarded to HRDF once you alert NIF of your donation by submitting this form.

Wire Transfer Information:

Name on the Account:
New Israel Fund

Bank:

CitiBank

8516 Leesburg Pike,
Vienna, VA 22182

ABA / Routing #: 254 070 116

Account #: 15411834

SWIFT Code (International Transfers): CITIUS33

Please do not forget to submit the notification form in order for your gift to be transferred to us. Thank you!

June 2017 will mark 50 years of Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories. Under the military occupation, Palestinians are living without civil rights while severe human rights violations are accruing daily. In this reality, the existence of HRDs which lead and support non-violent straggle, is critically important.

There is no proper public debate about the status of human rights defenders in Israel, and about the rights and government obligations associated with this status. Law enforcement agencies, primarily the police, attach no importance to the array of internationally-recognized rights of human rights defenders that are specifically intended to allow them to carry out their activities. Instead, it often seems that police and military forces on the ground, as well as the prosecution services, consider criminal law a legitimate tool for constraining human rights defenders and limiting their legitimate actions. In many cases, courts too choose to ignore the principles of freedom of expression and the role of activists as Human Rights Defenders.

Moreover, Palestinians HRDs are subject to Israel's military courts, whose proceedings are incompatible with international law standards and fall far short of providing a fair trial, and which have a conviction rate of more than 99%.

By providing rapid, effective and professional legal support to HRDs in Israel and the OPT who are systematically targeted by Israeli authorities for their participation in non-violent resistance activities, we mitigate the “chilling effect” of the authorities’ actions.

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The Use of Criminal Law to Limit the Actions of Human Rights Defenders in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

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