The UK branch of the New Israel Fund has enjoyed a record- breaking year for a third year in succession, posting an income of nearly £3.9 million in 2018.
This is close to double its income of £2 million in 2016 and 39 per cent up on the £2.8 million of last year.
The charity supports civil rights, religious pluralism, Jewish-Arab co-existence and social justice in Israel.
Its “bottom-up grassroots approach, coupled with strategic advocacy is working”, according to its newly published annual report.
Beneficiaries last year included organisations which reported on violations of the rights of detained Palestinians minors in the Occupied Territories, protected women’s rights in the workplace, campaigned against racism in football, supported asylum seekers and fought for public housing for some of Israel’s neediest.
NIF UK leaders say the number of donors increased by 13 per cent from the year before and reached around 4,800 through events last year.
Clive Sheldon, the chairman, and chief executive Adam Ognall wrote: “Our success this year reflects an increasing number of people who identity with the powerful vision of Israel we represent.”
They added: “We are proud that our commitment to building a better, more tolerant and more inclusive Israeli society is one that rings true with so many people here in the UK.”
The organisation was highly critical of Israel’s controversial Jewish Nation State Bill last year which was seen as disadvantageous to the country’s non-Jewish minorities.
