Shawarma

World Cup triggered a massive pizza, burger, ice cream rush among Israeli soccer fans, Wolt says

Israelis turned to food delivery during the World Cup, with Wolt reporting a 20% rise in match-hour orders and a 35% increase in family pizza purchases.

A WOLT delivery man with an Israeli flag during the ongoing war between Israel-US and Iran.March 15, 2026.
Shemesh vs. Efendi Shawarma.

The end of the argument: The big winner in the heated Shawarma showdown of greater Tel Aviv

 A courier working with Wolt, a meal delivery app service, rides a scooter as he delivers an order from a restaurant, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 9, 2020.

Israelis pick shawarma, Samsung, ice cream as top favorites in Wolt’s annual data

 Russia set to introduce a national standard for shawarma.

Russia set to introduce a national standard for shawarma


Despite missiles and an evacuation order, the spit is still turning at this northern Israel shop

Amid ongoing attacks by Hezbollah, Kiryat Shmona, Israel, remains a ghost town. Toby Abutbul's restaurant stays open to support soldiers.

 Israeli police work at the area where a rocket landed in Kiryat Shmona, February 13, 2024

Dozens of Russians get food poisoning from shwarma, 10 hospitalized

35 Russians suffered from poisoning after eating shwarma in the city of Bratsk.

 People queue to buy street food on a sunny day in central Moscow, Russia November 1, 2021

Shawarma shop open on Remembrance Day disrespectful, illegal -explainer

The 1963 Remembrance Day law details prohibitions and procedures for the honoring of the day and Israel's fallen security personnel and victims of terrorism.

 The Azrieli mall in Tel Aviv is seen lit up for Israel's Remembrance Day, on April 24, 2023.

In the kitchen with Henny: Winter warm-ups

As the weather gets cooler, we naturally gravitate to foods that warm us up from the inside out - here are a few.

Sweet potato soup

Jordan: Child dead and 700 others poisoned by deadly shwarma in Amman

It all started when a local food stand owner in Amman offered shwarma for the extremely low price of less than NIS 6 per serving.

A worker prepares a traditional sweet "Konafa" at a shop, after the government eased the restrictions on movement aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan April 29, 2020.

10,000 NIS for an order of shwarma? "It's the owner's work system."

Three weeks later, duped tourists still not reimbursed for ‘mistake.’

shwarma [illustrative]