Soccer players live in dread of the “own goal,” where a player inadvertently kicks the ball into his own team’s goal, giving the other side the point. As I write, Israel appears poised to provide the world with a rare example of two “own goals,” and in the process harming Israeli democracy. The Israeli cabinet set
To visit the offices of the Hotline for Migrant Workers is to encounter the enormous vitality of Israeli civil society. HMW, a grassroots organization, was created in 1998 to prevent abuse of migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers in Israel. Entering a nondescript building on Nahalat Binyamin Street in downtown Tel Aviv, you climb the stairs
Misunderstandings often reveal more about a society than premeditated public statements. A good example was a Jerusalem Post headline last week that inadvertently cast a spotlight on the profound dilemmas that face Israeli human-rights NGOs.AJC has warm ties with Israel’s watchdog civil-society groups. We are in regular touch with organizations like B’tselem and the Israel Religious Action
