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Mickey Gitzin is acting chief executive officer of the New Israel Fund. He directed its Israel office from 2017 to 2025, founded the religious-freedom organization Israel Hofsheet and previously served on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa city council. His work concerns democracy, civil society and religious freedom.
Role at the time: Acting CEO of the New Israel Fund
Condemned
Statement summary
Mickey Gitzin condemns the attack on Levine and Palestinians and urges more protective presence, legal aid and public opposition to the violence.
“NIF's answer to the escalating violence is to double down: get more people on the ground, more legal aid, more voices speaking out against the brutality.”
Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine was beaten during an attack on olive harvesters near Abu Falah on October 16. Witnesses blamed masked settlers. Netanyahu's office called the facts unclear, and the Post's editor said key facts are not in dispute.
