---
title: Darkenu
type: advocacy
status: active
country: IL
website: https://darkenu.org.il/en
logo: /assets/org-logos/darkenu.png
contact:
  checked: 2026-08-01
  email: thisis@darkenu.org.il
  phone: +972-3-5168005
  source: https://darkenu.org.il/en/
summary: Israel's largest civic movement (400,000+ supporters) defending rule of law,
  democratic participation, and fighting corruption — founded independent media outlet
  DemocraTV, and led mass protests against the 2023 judicial overhaul.
concepts:
- democracy
- constitutional-democracy
- accountability-sink
location:
  latitude: 32.0853
  longitude: 34.7818
  name: Tel Aviv, Israel
  precision: city
events:
- date: '2002-01-01'
  title: Founded as the Israeli branch of the OneVoice Movement, promoting grassroots
    civic engagement
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneVoice_Movement
  quote: The OneVoice Movement was a 501c(3) non-profit organization with offices
    in New York City, Tel Aviv, Ramallah, and London, founded in 2002 by Daniel Lubetzky
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
activity:
  manual:
    checked: 2026-06-07
    date: 2025-12-02
    note: 'website loaded. It mentioned that it was in the news פורסם: 17.11.25, 15:30
      | עודכן: 02.12.25, 15:50 ''חנוכה 2025: כל מה שאפשר לעשות עם הילדים בחג'''
  rss:
    checked: 2026-08-17
    note: No feed found
last_checked: '2026-06-29'
---

Darkenu (דרכנו — "Our Path") is Israel's largest civic movement, with over 400,000 supporters, focused on defending democratic governance, rule of law, and fighting corruption. It operates as a grassroots civic organisation rather than a think tank — mobilising citizens, running campaigns, and building civic infrastructure for democratic participation.

Darkenu founded **DemocraTV**, an independent media outlet providing civic education and coverage of governance and accountability issues, as part of its mission to strengthen civic engagement with democratic institutions.

During the 2023–2024 judicial reform crisis, Darkenu was one of the primary organising forces behind mass protests across Israel against legislation that would have curtailed Supreme Court authority over government action. The protests, which drew hundreds of thousands of participants at their peak, were the largest sustained civic mobilisation in Israeli history and contributed to a partial pause of the reform legislation.

Darkenu describes its mission as non-partisan civic movement work — focused on governance quality and democratic participation rather than the left-right political spectrum. It has been associated with centre-left politics by some commentators; the organisation contests this characterisation, positioning itself as defending constitutional norms across political lines.

## Work areas

- **Civic mobilisation** — grassroots campaigns on rule of law and democratic governance
- **DemocraTV** — independent media covering governance and civic participation
- **Anti-corruption advocacy** — public pressure campaigns and media engagement
- **Civic education** — building citizen understanding of democratic institutions

## Links

- Website: [darkenu.org.il/en](https://darkenu.org.il/en)

## See also

- [Israel Democracy Institute](israel-democracy-institute.md)
- [Movement for Quality Government](mqg.md)