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The KKL-JNF building (Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 19, 2026, 4:53 pm
Secret apartments, political posts: Report alleges corruption in KKL-JNF workers’ union
Investigation finds dozens of apartments rented cheaply to workers and associates, and intense pressure on employees to vote Likud
By Zev Stub
Israeli soldiers look around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
August 19, 2026, 2:20 pm
KKL-JNF to invest NIS 284 million in development of southern Israel
Sum includes NIS 110m for Gaza border area; NIS 15 million will help fund Kibbutz Kfar Aza memorial plan, where Heritage Ministry tried to condition a grant on approval and veto power
By Sue Surkes
View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 30, 2026, 4:07 pm
KKL-JNF allots NIS 13 million for firefighting gear in 94 forest-adjacent communities
‘In a forest fire, the first few minutes are critical,’ says organization’s chairman Eyal Ostrinsky, highlighting need for local first responders
By Sue Surkes
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)
June 25, 2026, 5:35 pm
Israel making ‘immediate preparations’ to send aid team to quake-stricken Venezuela
No Israelis known to be harmed in devastating natural disaster that has killed more than 150; Israeli nonprofit NATAN sends team as ZAKA, IsraAid prepare to mobilize
By Nava Freiberg, Sue Surkes and Agencies
KKL Chairman Eyal Ostrinsky speaks at the dedication of the renewed Sayeret Shaked Park in the southern city of Ofakim, February 2, 2026. (Michael Houri, KKL-JNF Photo Archive)
June 13, 2026, 10:33 am
Youngest-ever KKL-JNF chair vows to cut waste, mend fences and rebuild trust
Eyal Ostrinsky says the org won’t buy West Bank land or fund projects for right-wing settler youth, claiming his priorities are more traditional — forestry and boosting populations in the periphery
By Sue Surkes
View of the oil refineries and the industrial area of Haifa Bay, October 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 9:32 pm
Haifa oil refineries will close in 2029, says head of Haifa Bay development agency
Yuval Admon, working within the Prime Minister’s Office, says 2026 crucial for shortening timelines, while KKL-JNF boss pledges NIS 100 million for new parkland
By Sue Surkes
Palestinian residents of Ras Ein al-Auja village in the West Bank pack up their belongings and prepare to leave their homes after deciding to flee mounting settler violence, January 11, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
April 28, 2026, 11:50 pm
JNF halts most funding for at-risk youth in West Bank over settler violence links
Fund’s chairman says money was supporting activities leading to expulsion of Palestinians, vows not to back extremist outposts set up by far-right ministers
By ToI Staff
Ruhama Cohen (left) and Simha Shimoni at a Mimouna celebration held at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel in the northern city of Haifa on April 8, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
April 9, 2026, 9:44 pm
‘I live alone and I can’t run’: Elderly from the north become social welfare hot potato
The Tzalir Fund has evacuated and is looking after 1,200 frontline residents, most of them 75 and over, in five hotels. Its funding will end on April 15. Will the ceasefire outlast their respite?
By Sue Surkes
Gray Cranes at the Hula Lake Park in the Hula valley in northern Israel, November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
March 10, 2026, 4:50 pm
War will not interrupt annual migration of millions of birds through Israel — expert
Even the conflict will not stop birds from rushing to get the best nesting spots in their usual breeding areas, says KKL-JNF chief ornithologist
By Sue Surkes
Members of a group walk the Way to Jerusalem's fourth stretch, from Latrun to Abu Ghosh, November 6, 2025. (Avi Friedman)
February 7, 2026, 5:49 am
Trading security for spirituality, former official co-launches pilgrimage route to Jerusalem
After an epiphany on a dreary morning, Golan Rice quits El Al job, sets out to co-found the Way to Jerusalem for pilgrims from all walks of life to form connections and share stories
By Sue Surkes
The Queen of Spain fritillary. (Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
February 1, 2026, 11:17 pm
A third of Israel’s 156 butterfly species threatened, with three already extinct
‘Preserving butterflies is not just about preserving beauty and color, but about the stability and health of ecosystems on which we all depend,’ says ecologist Dotan Rotem
By Sue Surkes
Left: Dov Khenin, chairman of the Israeli Climate Forum, addresses a meeting of Bedouin council representatives on preparing for climate change in Beersheba, November 6, 2024. (Courtesy of the Israeli Climate Forum); Right: Israeli Climate Forum CEO Netta Galnoor-Tene. (Yael Tzur)
January 29, 2026, 12:35 pm
Ahead of annual report, Climate Forum heads say even in wartime, they battle for change
In a joint interview before presenting findings to president, chair and CEO of environmental group discuss post-Oct. 7 programs, local government, and making good financial sense
By Sue Surkes
A satellite image of vegetation cover developed by Israeli universities for the KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund in late 2025. (Courtesy)
December 3, 2025, 10:43 pm
Israeli universities develop satellite tool to survey Mediterranean vegetation cover
Jewish National Fund says that combined with field surveys every 5 years, new tool can shorten data-collection times and improve accuracy
By Sue Surkes
View of a massive wildfire near Mevo Horon, April 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 3, 2025, 2:21 am
15 years after deadly Carmel blaze, state still ‘underfunding wildfire protection’
Knesset committee hears how lack of cash impacting pilot firebreak project, maintenance, water provision, firefighting personnel
By Sue Surkes
The opening event of the 39th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, October 28, 2025. (Zev Stub/ Times of Israel)
November 14, 2025, 2:28 pm
Final agreement reached on WZO, KKL leadership saga; no job for Yair Netanyahu
After several weeks of negotiations and drama, sources say the deal divides the national institutions evenly between the right/Haredi and liberal/pluralistic blocs
By Zev Stub
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