Heinrich Böll Stiftung Israel
The coastline of Tel Aviv. Photo: Maud Meinel
The coastline of Tel Aviv. Photo: Maud Meinel
The Heinrich Boell Stiftung (HBS) is the German green foundation affiliated with the German Green Party. We are a non-profit organization striving to promote environmental justice and sustainable development, civil society, equality, women's rights and gender democracy internationally. With headquarters in Berlin, Germany, the HBS has 28 offices worldwide and cooperates with over 200 partners in more than 60 countries.

The website of the Israel office is divided into our four program areas as well as publications, information on our project partners and our grant application guidelines along with a spotlight on our news and events. You are invited to visit often for further updates and please feel free to contact us should you have any questions or comments.
Civil Society and Democratic Participation
Interview
“The main general concern is Israel’s deepening isolation”
June 1, 2010 - How is the Israeli public reacting to the flotilla incident? What is the reaction of the Israeli peace groups? What kind of protest took place or is planned? What kind of repercussions of the events towards the proximity talks do you see? Dan Jacobson, Tel-Aviv University professor, Peace Now activist and Meretz Party official answers these questions and more.
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Difficult Times for the Israeli Civil Society – May 26, 2010 - In the past months, the number of attacks by the nationalist camp against Israeli human rights organizations and other non-governmental organizations has risen significantly. A report by the director of the Israel office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation Joern Boehme more»
German-Israeli and EU-Israeli Relations
Visit and events
The Stasi and its Aftermath – Reflections on the Legacy of the East German Secret Police
January 2010 was not just the 60th anniversary of the founding of the East German secret police, but also the 20th anniversary of the takeover of its offices in various East German cities by citizen’s initiatives. On this background, the Israel office of the Heinrich Boell Stiftung invited Marianne Birthler, the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR in Berlin for three events, in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Sderot which took place in February 2010. Antje Aiger more»
Living After Surviving event, June 18 2008
Event
Living After Surviving - Shoah Survivors in Israel – On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel, the Heinrich Boell Stiftung together with Action Reconciliation Service for Peace invited Shoah survivors and the general public to discuss their current situation in Israel and to reflect on the future of memorializing the Shoah. On June 18th 2008, some 100 people gathered at Beit Sokolov in Tel Aviv to take part in the event. more»
Women's Rights and Gender Democracy
Publication
Jewish and Jewish-Palestinian Feminist Organizations in Israel
February 15, 2010 - This newly published report by the Israel office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation is a first of its kind in-depth exploration of the contemporary feminist movement in Israel. The report focuses on Jewish and joint Jewish-Palestinian feminist organizations in Israel and includes a mapping section of 46 organizations (available in Hebrew only) and an analysis of the trends and characteristics of the feminist NGO field in Israel (available in Hebrew, English and Arabic). more»
Reflection
Finding Meaning Amidst Meaningless Bloodshed – August 12, 2009 - On Saturday night, August 1st, a masked gunman walked into the “youthbar” - a social youth program run by the Tel Aviv LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) association - lifted an automatic machine-gun and began shooting aimlessly and killing two people, and wounding ten others before fleeing into the night. Yonatan Gher more»
Concept article
Gender Mainstreaming – Possibilities and Limits of a Radical Social Concept – Gender mainstreaming is, at its core, a radical socio-political concept for achieving gender equality and equal opportunity. Barbara Unmüßig explores its development – and the difficulties encountered. Barbara Unmüßig more»
Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
Demonstrators outside COP 15 on December 7, 2009
Israel's Road to Copenhagen
December 9, 2009 - From December 7th to 18th, 2009 the much awaited for United Nations Climate Conference (COP 15) is taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Heinrich Boell Foundation in Israel is supporting a delegation of Israeli NGOs from the Sustainability Coalition  - working under the auspices of the environmental umbrella organization Life & Environment - to actively advocate for a comprehensive climate policy by the Israeli government. more»
Environmental activist, author and co-founder of the 350.org campaign, Bill McKibben
Climate Change Action
350 Campaign Leader Comes to Israel – October 21, 2009 - Environmental activist, author and co-founder of the 350.org campaign, Bill McKibben came to Israel on September 6-7, 2009 as part of a worldwide tour to raise awareness for climate change action. The 350 campaign is organizing an international effort that will culminate in a global day of climate action on October 24th. Amazingly, there are over 4,200 events scheduled in 170 countries on October 24th, the largest international political action ever recorded in human history! more»
Climate Change and Israeli Policy – The Heinrich Boell Stiftung has defined the issue of climate change and sustainable development as being central to its work internationally, both in the areas of mitigation and adaptation. It advocates and advances an agenda for development rights for developing nations and contributes to seeking solutions in many international forums while at the same time, adapts its work to the specific context of each of its 28 offices around the world. more»
News and Events
Save the date!

What Makes a Friend of Israel?  -
an international conference
Sunday, September 5th, 2010, 10:00-21:00
The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya

A detailed program will be available soon.
Viral Video Award
Information in Hebrew and Arabic
מידע בעברית על קרן הינריך בל
معلومات بالعربية عن صندوق هينريخ بيل
Newsletter in German
The Israel office of the HBS sends out a bimonthly report in German under the title "What moves Israel?"
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Partners Civil Society and Democratic Participation
Partners Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
Partners Women’s Rights and Gender Democracy
Partners German - Israeli and EU -Israeli Relations
Project Partners From Previous Years
List of former project partners