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Krembo, the iconic go-to winter treat, sold at a Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem, on October 19, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2026, 6:53 am
Israelis hit by soaring food prices as producers, grocers feast on wartime windfall
Manufacturers and supermarkets have been feeding off a captive public worried about missiles rather than rising Krembo costs; experts say deep reforms are needed to make the market competitive
By Sharon Wrobel
Rabbi Hody Nemes stands in front of Hersh's Fridge, a community fridge that serves needy people in Chicago. (Courtesy Nemes)
November 11, 2025, 4:05 pm
‘Hersh’s Fridge’: Chicago teens memorialize slain hostage with public kosher food project
Pioneering initiative supplies kosher food to any who are in need, as cuts to US anti-hunger program create a crisis for some local families
By Orlie Weitzman
A young Jewish boy eats at the Yad Ezra V'Shulamit center in Jerusalem, which serves hot lunch every day to more than 1,200 children under the poverty line. September 27, 2011. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
September 22, 2025, 7:00 am
More than a quarter of Israeli families suffer from food insecurity, report finds
Non-profit Latet says 2.8 million Israelis struggle to get proper nutrition, including 1.3 million children, as war and rising cost of living squeeze household income
By Sharon Wrobel
Najib Abu Gharbiyeh in front of the Wadi al-Na'am's makeshift community center, June 2025. (Ariela Karmel)
July 13, 2025, 8:16 pm
‘We’d die of hunger before we say we’re hungry’: Food insecurity is rife among Bedouin
Report reveals how food insecurity in unrecognized Bedouin villages began during COVID, was exacerbated post-Oct. 7 and has become a chronic issue, after decades of state neglect
By Ariela Karmel
Palestinians struggle to receive cooked food distributed at a community kitchen in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 25, 2025, 1:32 pm
NYT: US-registered Gaza aid group is ‘brainchild’ of Israelis, its funding is unclear
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation formed by businessmen, reservists with links to government; Haaretz: Key Israeli defense bodies bypassed in selection of security firm as contractor
By ToI Staff
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, May 16, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 17, 2025, 11:22 pm
Head of controversial Israel-backed Gaza aid group says ‘plan isn’t perfect, but feeds people’
Jake Wood of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation tells CNN other aid organizations ‘face a choice. This is the mechanism by which aid can be distributed. Are you willing to participate?’
By ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians purchase ground lentils as a substitute for making bread due to a shortage of flour in the Gaza Strip, in Khan Younis, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Karem Hanna)
From the WebMay 12, 2025, 5:04 pm
Gaza at risk of famine if Israel doesn’t lift ban on aid — food security group
International authority, which made incorrect assessment last year, says nearly half a million Palestinians face starvation, with communal kitchens virtually the only food provider
By AP and ToI Staff
For illustration: A farmer harvests wheat in the Hula Valley, northern Israel, May 17, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
April 1, 2025, 7:04 pm
Israel nixes all US import tariffs, day before Trump set to levy duties on trade allies
Smotrich signs directive to immediately scrap remaining tariffs on US goods, mainly in agriculture, with US president about to hit trade partners with tit-for-tat duties
By Sharon Wrobel
Food rescued by the Leket organization. (Courtesy)
March 31, 2025, 8:35 am
Annual food waste amounts to thousands of shekels per household – report
Leket Israel survey finds nearly half of food lost in 2023 was edible, could have fully met country’s nutritional needs
By Sue Surkes
A wheat field and a vineyard near Kibbutz Hulda, south central Israel, on April 13, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 5, 2024, 8:18 am
Ministries working to get country’s 1st food security plan ready by end of April
Agriculture Ministry budget cuts overshadow ambitious plan to grow more local produce, move Israelis to healthy Mediterranean diet
By Sue Surkes
Some 4.2 billion meals go into the garbage every year. (Courtesy Leket)
November 20, 2024, 12:53 pm
New law will cut waste by requiring public bodies to donate excess food
Institutions such as the Knesset, ministries, the army and hospitals will have to let their leftovers be collected for distribution to the needy
By Sue Surkes
Leket Israel volunteers gather near the Gaza border to help farmers, on March 11, 2024. (Leket Israel)
July 30, 2024, 6:37 am
Food waste cost economy NIS 1 billion during first six months of war — study
Lack of access and reduction in farmhands caused shortages that saw vegetables prices rise 18% and fruit prices 12%, says paper calling for more support for local growers
By Sue Surkes
Produce is sorted at the Leket Israel Logistics Center (Credit: Amir Yakoby/Leket Israel).
April 21, 2024, 7:54 pm
Israeli aid groups address food crisis amid war fallout ahead of Passover
The Israel-Hamas war has kneecapped Israel’s agriculture industry, but volunteer organizations have come to the rescue as the festival of freedom arrives
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
A member of the Jahalin tribe receives food aid from Israeli activists in early 2024, in the Judean Desert. (Courtesy of Rabbis for Human Rights)
March 21, 2024, 1:55 am
Praying for peace, optimistic Israeli activists deliver Ramadan food aid to West Bank
Volunteers with organizations such as Rabbis for Human Rights brave the ire of fellow Jews as they reach out to help Palestinians in need amid the ongoing war in Gaza
By Eliyahu Freedman
Palestinian break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan outside their destroyed home in Rafah, Gaza Strip, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
March 19, 2024, 12:14 pm
Blinken says 100 percent of Gaza population facing unprecedented food insecurity
In Manila on eve of Middle East trip, US secretary of state echoes UN-backed assessment that famine looms in war-wracked enclave
By AFP and ToI Staff
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