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They have already given their interpretation of democracy Minister Naftali Bennett and Knesset Members Zeev Elkin, Gila Gamliel, Aryeh Deri, Tzachi Hanegbi, Tzipi Hotovely and Ayelet Shaked have cancelled their participation in the Haaretz Conference on Democracy because the New Israel Fund is among its sponsors. For the boycotters, democracy means disregard of the weak, the rejected, those who lack rights, those who are discriminated against economically and those who are excluded because of their beliefs. To the glory of the state of Israel, the New Israel Fund exists with the understanding that democracy is also the defense of minority rights and it expressly extends a hand to the weak, the discriminated against and the excluded, aiding the existence of non-profit organizations that promote their rights. The politicians of the right and Aryeh Deri (defender of the transparent) cannot tolerate this. Here is a detailed list of the organizations funded by the NIF and its supporters in 2013 (from the Fund’s internet site): Core Grants Noar Kahalcha 30,000 Hotline for Migrant Workers 71,063.57 Darna- Jaffa Popular Committee for Land Allocation 4,577.79 Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah 7,000 emocracy and Human and Civil Rights Sister for Women in Israel 116,000 Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) 43,920.24 Economic Empowerment for Women 7,500 Oranim: Hamidrasha Center for Study Fellowship 28,873.71 Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel 57,875 Social Economic Association (SEA) 67,000 Humans Without Borders 6,818.32 Fidel: Association for Education and Social Integration of Ethiopian Jews 121,396.11 Oz V’Shalom Netivot Shalom 1,300 African Refugees Development Center (ARDC) 15,000 Social TV (formerly Syncopa Community) 28,000 I’lam: Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel 75,000 Freddie Krivine Foundation 180 Panim 34,000 Almuntada Altakadomi 15,000 The Committee for Educational Guidance for Arab Students 41,250 IKRIT 10,000 Friends by Nature - Community Empowerment 20,000 Religious Women’s Forum 103,555.16 Alrafah 25,000 The Israeli Association for Distributive Justice 35,000 Inter-Religious Coordinating Council 1,196.21 Friends of Kedma School 880,027.43 Shalom Hartman Institute 10,500 Alsirag 60,000 The Women’s Courtyard 10,000 IPCRI - Israel Palestinian Center for Research and Information 19,711.35 Hakol Hinuch 12,500 Shitim Institute 24,000 Arteam 2,000 Tzeireim Beyerucham 20,000 Ir-Amim 191,380.83 Hiyot 22,415.24 TALI Education Fund 10,000 Assaf 5,000 Tzofen 45,000 Isha L’Isha: Haifa Feminist Organization 38,815.54 Injaz 335,000 The Masorti Movement 9,529.06 Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) 436,500 Women Lawyers for Social Justice 45,000 ISPRA - Israel Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association 98,200 Institute for the Advancement of Deaf Persons 8,120.90 The Movement for Progressive Judaism (IMPJ) 232,898.84 Association for the Promotion of the Arab Education System in Haifa 30,000 Workers’ Hotline: Kav LaOved 15,000 Israel AIDS Task Force 15,000 Israel Family Planning Association 25,000 The Yaacov Herzog Center for Jewish Studies 7,000 Baladna 25,000 Yedid: The Association for Community Empowerment 1,500 Israel Womens Network (IWN) 21,211.45 Israel Story 50,000 Women of the Wall 114,773.54 Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights 33,000 Yesodot Let’zmicha Dror 3,000 Israeli Gay Youth Organization 24,122 Israeli Association for Ethiopian Jews (IAEJ) 85,000 Yad L’Isha (the ICAR coalition) 10,000 Breaking the Silence 20,000 Jerusalem Cinematheque - Israel Film Archive 25,000 ITWorks 10,000 Yakar 100,000 Council for Peace and Security 27,000 Religious Pluralism and Tolerance Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance 108,683.92 Kaima -Social and Environmental Action Learning 6,000 Yerucham Association 6,000 Democracy Defense Fund LTD (Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement) 32,500 12 Heshvan: Promoting Tolerance in an Orthodox Context 47,000 Ken We Power 3,808.08 Kav Mashve – Emloyers’ Coalition for Arab University Graduates 69,900 Yerushalmim Movement 2,000 Entimaa & Ataa- Assn for Social Promotion 39,500 Be Free Israel 63,000 Loshma’a for the Integration of People with Mental Disabilities 20,000 Keren Kagan 13,036.05 Yeshivat Talpiot 29,512 Givat Haviva Jewish-Arab Center for Peace 550 Bina (at Merchavim Chevra Lechinuch Vetarbut) 84,000 Ma’an - The Forum for Bedouin Women’s Organizations 40,000 Kesher: Information, Guidance, and Counseling Center for Parents 68,053.69 Hotline for Migrant Workers 11,865 Center for Women’s Justice 20,000 Mabat – Awareness in a Multi-Cultural Society 128,500 Kol Zchut (Wikirights) 6,000 Environment Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) 12,000 Challenge 20,000 Merchavim: Institute for Multicultural and Democratic Education for Israel 135,619.64 Krembo Wings 38,754.83 Arava Institite 1,000 I’lam: Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel 21,000 Even Shtia 15,000 Mishan Lamarpe 30,819.54 Lagiya: Association for the Improvement of the Status of Women 52,622.35 Charedim LaSviva 6,500 Ir-Amim 4,000 Fishka - Young Russian Speakers Coomunity in Israel 35,000 Molad – The Center for the Renewal of Democracy 701,000 Latet 10,625 Jewish Nature 16,800 Jerusalem Inter-Cultural Center (JICC) and Emun Hatzibur 40,000 Hiddush For Religious Freedom and Equality 15,000 Mosaica Center for Inter-religious Cooperation 10,000 Mahapach: Education, Housing, and Livelihood 18,000 Merkaz Hashachar - Kibbutz K’tura 4,409.90 Kayan (“Being”) 40,000 Hillel Israel LTD 1,550 Mossawa 119,477.31 Mahut Center 32,811.21 The Green Environment Fund 591,617.11 Ken We Power 4,903 Kiah (Mimizrach Shemesh) 65,000 National Council for the Child 10,620.95 Nazareth Nurseries Institute (Al-Tufula) 45,000 The Heschel Center for Environmental Learning 35,000 Kol Ha’Isha: Jerusalem Women’s Center 650 Mavoi Satum (“Dead End”) 30,000 Negev Coexistence Forum 17,431.16 Olim Beyachad 25,000 Tags: Ma’an - The Forum for Bedouin Women’s Organizations 20,000 Meitarei Ashkelon 18,000 Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Developemnt (NISPD) 180,130 Ozma 20,000 grantees grantmaking grants 2013 grants 2013 grantees Merchavim: Institute for Multicultural and Democratic Education for Israel 800 Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah 45,000 Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam (NS WAS) 2,700 Sapir College 20,311.22 Mitvim - The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies 20,000 Panim 20,000 Nine Seven Two Advancement of Citizen Journalism 27,378.42 Sheizaf – Association for the Welfare of the Bed 100.96 Mossawa 152,000 Religious Women’s Forum 45,000 Our Heritage 13,800 Shilo Pregnancy Advisory Service 8,437.70 Negev Coexistence Forum 31,900 The Masorti Movement 54,000 Parents’ Circle: Bereaved Parents 11,724.71 Shiluv Institute 17,000 Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Developemnt (NISPD) 55,000 The Movement for Progressive Judaism (IMPJ) 100,000 Physicians for Human Rights 55,580.24 Shluvim-The Association for Educational Equal Opportunity 14,873.71 Our Heritage 72,000 T’mura 34,000 Public Committee Against Torture (PCATI) 1,670 Shoulder to Shoulder (Katef le’Katef) 15,378.84 Physicians for Human Rights 17,500 Women and Horizons (Nisa Va’fak) 25,000 Rabbis for Human Rights 239,999.19 Sidreh 20,000 Rabbis for Human Rights 31,700 Women of the Wall 2,758 Rape Crisis Center - Haifa 8,927 Signing Anew 50,000 Shvil: Transparency International- Israel 15,000 Yad L’Isha (the ICAR coalition) 15,000 Re’ut Sadaka: Jewish-Arab Youth Movement for Peace and Equality 12,691.45 Sister for Women in Israel 28,511.14 The Arab Center for Alternative Planning 18,000 Yerushalmim Movement 25,000 Shaharit 475,000 Social Economic Association - SEA 1,900 The Arab Center for Law and Policy - Dirasat 30,000 Sikkuy: Israel Association for the Advancement of Equal Opportunity 203,938.68 Social TV (formerly Syncopa Community) 10,000 The Freedom of Information Association 30,000 Environment Society for the Protection of Personal Rights 24,162 Summit Institute 14,873.71 The Sky Is The Limit 15,000 Green Course (Megama Yeruka) 4,750 South Wing To Zion 86,030 Tech-Careers 4,047.31 The Social Guard 7,500 Mineless 3,000 Tebeka – Center for Legal Aid & Advocacy for Ethiopian Jewish In Israel 52,686.27 Tevel B’Tzedek 104,434 Tishreen - A Culture Reviving Association - Taybeh 12,500 The Green Environment Fund 175,000 Tel Aviv Univesity 100,000 The Israel Center for Educational Innovation (ICEI) 1,095,844.31 Women Against Violence (WAV) - Nazareth 78,000 The Arab Center for Alternative Planning 250 The Israeli Association for Distributive Justice 46,000 Women’s Fund for Human Rights (Machsom Watch) 20,000 Donor Advised Grants The Arab Center for Law and Policy - 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