The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/oxfam/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Oxfam | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/oxfam/ 32 32 Celebrities, NGOs sign letter accusing Israel of ‘direct attack’ on Gaza health care https://www.timesofisrael.com/celebrities-ngos-sign-letter-accusing-israel-of-direct-attack-on-gaza-health-care/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:52:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3732639 Some 60 actors, human rights groups and Palestinian medical personnel demand unfettered aid to Palestinians, use language lifted from Genocide Convention, accuse Israel of targeting civilians

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]]> UN, aid groups hit out at Israeli plans for resuming Gaza aid distribution https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-aid-groups-hit-out-at-israeli-plans-for-resuming-gaza-aid-distribution/ Sat, 03 May 2025 15:13:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3540700 Humanitarian workers claim it would be 'terrifying' to work directly with IDF to disperse aid, as Israel considers enlisting private security contractors to hand out food to Gazans

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]]> Celebrities demand US arms embargo on Israel, alleging human rights violations https://www.timesofisrael.com/celebrities-demand-us-arms-embargo-on-israel-alleging-human-rights-violations/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:43:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3369943 Artists4Ceasefire group, founded in October to demand halt to Gaza war, launches new campaign with NGOs; hundreds signed group's first petition

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]]> Dutch court: Government not violating weapon exports ban to Israel by supplying US https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-court-government-not-violating-weapon-exports-ban-to-israel-by-sending-to-us/ Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:34:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3330624 Complying with previous court order, Netherlands has temporarily stopped sending F-35 parts to Israel, but rights group argues it is sidestepping ban by shipping them to America

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]]> Oxfam: US, UK supplied arms used by Saudi-led coalition to kill civilians in Yemen https://www.timesofisrael.com/oxfam-us-uk-supplied-arms-used-by-saudi-led-coalition-to-kill-civilians-in-yemen/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:00:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2922780 Charity says munitions killed at least 87, wounded 136 in just over a year; at least 19 hits on health sites, ambulances; Britain says has 'strict risk assessment framework'

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]]> 100-plus global millionaires make unusual plea: ‘Tax us now’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/100-plus-global-millionaires-make-unusual-plea-tax-us-now/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:50:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2686580 Appeal comes as study finds wealth tax on world's richest could raise $2.52 trillion per year -- enough to pay for COVID vaccines for all, pull 2.3 billion people from poverty

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]]> Oxfam says world’s 10 richest men doubled their wealth during COVID https://www.timesofisrael.com/oxfam-says-words-10-richest-men-doubled-their-wealth-during-covid/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 04:26:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2685570 Combined fortune jumped from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion; charity slams inequality as 'economic violence,' noting it was accompanied by soaring poverty in rest of world

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]]> Pompeo plan to declare rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’ over Israel stance shelved https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeo-plan-to-declare-rights-groups-anti-semitic-over-israel-stance-shelved/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:09:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2476083&preview=true&preview_id=2476083 Former official says policy, introduced after Trump lost election, faced pushback because of free speech concerns; State Department did not have time to get ball rolling

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]]> ADL slams US effort to declare human rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/adl-slams-us-effort-to-declare-rights-groups-anti-semitic/ Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:02:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2414248&preview=true&preview_id=2414248 Anti-Semitism watchdog says designation of 3 organizations would be 'neither accurate nor helpful' in combatting Jew hatred

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]]> Pompeo said set to declare human rights groups ‘anti-Semitic’ over Israel stance https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeo-said-planning-to-declare-major-human-rights-groups-as-anti-semitic/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 01:43:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2413310 Expected State Department report would target groups like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam for alleged BDS support and end US aid for their activities

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]]> Half a billion more people could fall into poverty due to virus, report says https://www.timesofisrael.com/half-a-billion-more-people-could-fall-into-poverty-due-to-virus-report-says/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:58:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2280029 Oxfam warns 'devastating economic fallout of pandemic' could set back efforts against poverty in some areas of the world by decades

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]]> Charity removes anti-Semitic ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ from online store https://www.timesofisrael.com/charity-removes-anti-semitic-protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion-from-online-store/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:07:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2267825 Oxfam's chief executive apologizes and says the books were destroyed

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]]> Richest one percent made 82% of wealth created last year — report https://www.timesofisrael.com/richest-one-percent-made-82-of-wealth-created-last-year-report/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 02:18:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1775978 Ahead of World Economic Forum in Davod, Oxfam findings show poorest half of the world received none of 2017's financial bounty

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]]> Joel Joffe, lawyer who defended Mandela, dies aged 85 https://www.timesofisrael.com/joel-joffe-lawyer-who-defended-mandela-dies-aged-85/ Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:56:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1643611 South African-born Jewish attorney was key part of defense team in 1963 trial that saw the anti-apartheid icon jailed

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]]> Incensed Europe to Trump: Climate pact ‘not renegotiable’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/incensed-europe-to-trump-climate-pact-not-renegotiable/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:43:19 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1631097 French president says 'the US has turned its back on the world' by exiting Paris accords; environmental groups dismayed

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