Archive for July, 2012

Summertime! Saving public access to Israel’s beaches

Great news for Israel’s environment and for effective cooperation!
Thanks to an intense effort by the “Forum of Israeli Coastal Organizations”, the Israeli government’s Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs voted on Sunday, July 15, 2012 to support an amendment to the Protection of the Coastal Environment Law 5764 – 2004, which will protect Israel’s coastline. Pursuant [...]


Next Steps for Israel’s Social Justice Movement

Chanting for change and social justice, protestors filled the streets of Israeli cities last summer and created a movement. Since last summer, when SHATIL employees were on the ground doing everything from distributing water bottles to helping with community organizing, until today, when SHATIL is engaged in capacity building for new protest-related organizations and helping them [...]