Food security

Hunger increasing in Yemen, record number of people unable to meet food needs, WFP warns

Yemen is experiencing the most serious escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned Houthi group since a UN-brokered truce largely halted cross-border attacks ​in 2022.

A girl carries a jerrycan as displaced people living in temporary shelters receive food aid in Al-Khawkhah, in Yemen's western Hodeidah province, on July 30, 2026.
Eggs found to bear fraudulent stamps on them being smuggled into Israel from the Palestinian Authority's territory, September 24, 2026.

Case cracked: Police find thousands of eggs smuggled from PA territory with fake stamps

Salvaged fruit & vegetables are taken to collection points all over the city.

Giving surplus a second life, Jerusalem’s food rescuers are turning leftovers into a lifeline

Palestinians receive food aid donated for refugees from the European Union and the World Food Programme (WFP) and distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, on July 9, 2010.

World Food Programme halves food assistance to West Bank due to funding shortages


'Without agriculture, we face an existential threat': Food security experts speak at conference

Since the start of the war, agricultural production has significantly declined. As of March, approximately 90% of Israeli farmers reported damages to their farms due to the war.

 Yoel Zilberman, founder and CEO of HaShomer HaChadash, at a special conference on Israel’s food security.

Health council calls on international orgs. to ensure humanitarian aid reaches hostages

The National Council for Nutritional Security called on the international community to, at a minimum, "take immediate humanitarian action to ensure the hostages' nutritional security."

 Demonstrators in Tel Aviv turn on the flash on their phones while demanding the government to accept a hostage release deal, June 15, 2024.

IFCJ partners with Leket to combat food insecurity in Israel

IFCJ donated $42,247, to make the project possible, which funded the purchase of the truck as well as additional support related to adapting the vehicle for food distribution.

Dedication of Food Truck Highlights Multi-Agency Partnership In Fighting Hunger

New Israel Fund raises $750,000 for Palestinian civilians in Gaza

The money will be allocated to support the works of the World Central Kitchen and the International Rescue Committee’s work in Gaza.

 Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

Meet the Israeli gaming co. fighting October 7 censorship

Inside Israeli Innovation with Maayan Hoffman: Season 2, Episode 13

Adam Rakib and Liat Ashkenazi

Experts advocate for Tunisian food sovereignty as a path to independence

Food sovereignty has become a high priority among local NGOs, civil society and the government to protect against foreign investments that that may steal land from local farmers.

 A customer stands in front of empty shelves for some coffee products inside a supermarket in Tunis, Tunisia September 3, 2022.

Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92

“She was the single most important voice fighting hunger in New York for 50 years and the first to focus on school food, which resulted in literally thousands of kids eating food meant for the trash.

 Kathy Goldman, founder of Food Bank for New York City, attends the organization's 29th Annual Conference on Hunger and Poverty at Marriott Marquis Times Square, Feb. 13, 2020.

Grapevine February 23, 2024: More than 76 years of solidarity with the Zionist enterprise

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 RETURNED HOSTAGE Aviva Siegel with Immigration and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer, whose soldier son was wounded in Gaza.

Is Israel’s food independence at risk? YDLabs has one solution

YDLabs, CEO Ariel Blumovich said, is part of the solution, providing a method to produce food locally with minimal carbon footprint. 

YDLabs is providing a method to produce food locally with minimal carbon footprint

Will war with Hamas harm Israel's food supply? - opinion

Most of the vegetables and some of the milk produced in Israel are farmed in land near the Gaza Strip, which, not for nothing, was given the name “Israel’s barn,” access to which is restricted.

 NIR GOLDSTEIN addresses the 51st Annual Conference for Science and the Environment, in Tel Aviv earlier this year.