Paving the Path Forward: An Evening with Avi Dabush | Sydney
NIF Australia Podcast
Recorded live in Sydney 2 April 2024 and moderated by Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio at Emanuel Synagogue. Avi Dabush was in his home in Kibbutz Nirim on October 7th when Hamas terrorists attacked his home. Since then, he has continued his work, tirelessly fighting for peace, justice and equality for all in Israel-Palestine. An inspirational activist and leader, Avi is the Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights and has worked for a variety of civil society organisations, including NIF Israel’s action-arm, Shatil. NIF is thrilled to host Avi, to help us make sense of the path forward,...
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Making Hope with Maoz Inon and Hamze Awawde
NIF Australia Podcast
Our conversation with peace activists Maoz Inon and Hamze Awawde as we continue to reel from the events of October 7 and the subsequent violence since. Maoz lost his parents in the horrific attacks of October 7 and has since become a leading voice for peace in international media. Hamze is a Palestinian peace activist and conflict resolution expert, committed to leading programs that bring Jewish Israelis and Palestinians together. In these times of crisis the commitment to peace, justice and equality is essential in fostering a better future for Israelis and Palestinians. We are...
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Social Cohesion Amidst Rising Tension: A Conversation with Josh Burns MP and Allegra Spender MP
NIF Australia Podcast
Over the past few weeks, it has become clear that there is a need to address the rising tensions in Australian society. NIF is proud to bring you an important conversation that promises to provide a nuanced understanding of our current reality, and the need to strengthen social cohesion during these difficult times. Join us for an engaging discussion with Josh Burns MP and Allegra Spender MP, hosted by Geraldine Doogue. Both Josh and Allegra provide an important lens into the local context of the past couple months in the wake of Hamas’ horrific attack on Israel and the...
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Conversation with Dr Yeela Raanan, Regional Council of Unrecognised Villages
NIF Australia Podcast
Our conversation with Dr Yeela Raanan of the Regional Council of Unrecognised Villages (RCUV). Donate to and learn about RCUV's work, particularly at this crucial moment, here: https://www.nif.org.au/donate
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Conversation with Dr Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha (For the Jewish International Film Festival 2023)
NIF Australia Podcast
Our conversation with Dr Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha for the Jewish International Film Festival 2023, recorded November 12 2023. Yasmeen is a young doctor, specialising in internal medicine, who is currently acting as the Executive Director of Rodaina, an NGO she founded that aims to prevent genetic diseases in the Middle East, especially in the Bedouin community. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Project Wadi Attir, Yanabia, Tamar Center, and AJEEC-NISPED, all are social projects and NGOs aiming to improve Bedouin lives in Israel, as well as the board of NIF in Israel. She has won...
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Planting Justice: Working together for human rights and peace during a time of great tumult
NIF Australia Podcast
For many years, activists have joined together across sectors to fight for land and rights for those in the occupied Palestinian territories and within Israel. This work has been made all the more challenging today, by major increases in settler violence, enabled by Israel’s most right wing government in history that only this week, continued to expand its authority to advance its “unreasonable” agenda. In the face of these very challenges, Israelis and Palestinians continue to come together to fight back with a message of hope and peace. In the past year, Rabbis for Human Rights...
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Emergency Webinar with International NIF Leadership
NIF Australia Podcast
It is a dramatic time in Israel. With Netanyahu’s government determined to proceed with their legislation seeking to reform Israel’s democratic infrastructure, we have witnessed Israel’s largest protest movement ever. This broad protest movement turned into an inspiring non-violent uprising. Hundreds of thousands of citizens woke up, stood up and shouted – demanding freedom, equality and democracy – some for the first time in their lives. Many across the globe did the same. So what is next? Join NIF’s international leadership for a briefing at this vital time.
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Emergency Briefing: Extremism Explodes in the West Bank
NIF Australia Podcast
After two Israelis were murdered in the occupied Palestinian territories on Sunday evening, Israeli settlers rampaged through the village of Huwara, killing one Palestinian resident and injuring 98 more. This horrific night – which news organisations including the Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post have called a ‘pogrom’ – comes amid growing violence in the West Bank, with Israel’s far-right government and Jewish supremacist ministers, as well as settlers themselves, calling for an increased Jewish presence, actively encouraging and inciting violence and approving large swathes of...
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Thomas Friedman on the Recent Israeli & US Midterm Elections
NIF Australia Podcast
As we reflect on our own election results in Australia, yet another Israeli election and the changes in the US since 2020, multiple Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman joined NIF Australia for a wide-ranging discussion.
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Israel’s Election Merry-Go-Round: An Update from Anshel Pfeffer
NIF Australia Podcast
Join Anshel Pfeffer, one of Israel’s leading political journalists, for a detailed update ahead of Israel’s fifth election in four years. With Anshel’s expertise and unique analysis, this is a great opportunity to understand the latest news, candidates, party mergers and new government possibilities, and ask your questions about what it means for Israeli democracy, the likelihood of ongoing instability and the future for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. This is an audio recording of a live stream hosted by NIF Australia on Monday 5 September.
info_outlineThis is an audio version of an event we hosted on 12 October 2021. You can watch the event in full on our YouTube channel.
How do journalists share complex issues, particularly when they are writing for an audience which is on the other side of the world?
Join our discussion with John Lyons, the author of a new book, Dateline Jerusalem which looks at how Israel is covered by the Australian media and a former Middle East Correspondent for the Australian, Anshel Pfeffer senior correspondent and columnist for Haaretz and the Israeli correspondent for the Economist and Dina Kraft, a Tel Aviv-based journalist for the Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor, to hear how foreign correspondents work to tell other people’s stories and shape the discourse in their home country.