Food security

UN chief names Arnault as personal envoy for Middle East war

UN diplomat Jean Arnault has more than 30 years of experience in international diplomacy focusing on peace settlements and mediation, with a background in UN missions in Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and Head of the UN Mission in Colombia, Jean Arnault, attends to read a memo about the United Nations mission in Colombia, during a UN Security Council meeting, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on April 19, 2018.
FARMERS AND their supporters protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem against a milk reform promoted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem on February 4, 2026.

Israel’s milk crisis is man-made, quotas are to blame - opinion

Sending A Fax From The Phone.

How do I send a fax and can I do it from my phone?

An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports


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.

Citizen's Kitchen initiative offers thousands of free meals and a bastion to volunteers

Two sisters have transformed their Tel Aviv cooking studio into a supportive volunteer community for olim in response to the ongoing crisis in Israel following the tragic events of October 7.

Civilians packing meals to be donated to those in need

Israel's High Court stops 'discriminatory' food voucher plan

The study found a substantial gap between the number of families that received food vouchers and the number living below the poverty line.

 Food organized in a refrigerator.

High Court puts temporary ban on food stamps amid accusations of discrimination

The Knesset's Finance Committee had originally approved a budget of NIS 400 million earlier this week.

 Is the food you're taking from the fridge definitely yours? (illustrative)

Budget approved for food stamps for the needy ahead of Rosh Hashanah

41,000 Holocaust survivors would also get the help they need from the food stamps.

 Leket Israel Distributing Hot Food to the Needy

Israel, India partner on water-based startup accelerator

The objective will see both Indian and Israeli participants take part in a comprehensive water technology accelerator program.

A municipal worker cleans the street in front of a bilboard displaying Indian and Israeli flags for PM Netanyahu's visit, Ahmedabad, India, January 2018

Putin, Erdogan to discuss stalled Ukraine grain deal amid rising food prices

The halt of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, previously brokered by the UN and Turkey, has caused global food prices to surge after months of stability.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022.

Israel's dairy quandary: Empty supermarket shelves amid high production

Farmers and economic experts dissect the paradoxical crisis in Israel's dairy sector.

 A statue of a cow painted in the colours of dairy firm Tnuva's logo stands outside the company's logistic centre in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi, Israel May 22, 2014.