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Ofir Drori poses in Cameroon with elephant tusks seized from an African-Asian crime syndicate. (Courtesy, EAGLE)
July 18, 2026, 7:34 am
Inspired by IDF training, Israeli activist spearheads fight against global wildlife crime
Ofir Drori established a network that put 3,000 major animal traffickers behind bars. But now, he is struggling to keep his operation afloat
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A man struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (LightField Studios/Shutterstock.com)
March 10, 2026, 10:28 am
Traumatized nation: Organizations step into breach left by overwhelmed mental health system
Post-October 7 initiatives sprang up like mushrooms after the rain. Now, not-for-profits are building coalitions, mapping who is providing what to whom, and developing standards
By Sue Surkes
Palestinian Lubna Abu Sirya digs a small channel to drain rainwater that flooded her tent in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, February 24, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 24, 2026, 8:19 pm
Aid groups petition High Court to let them keep working in Gaza after ban over new rules
Licenses of 37 NGOs due to expire March 1 after they refused to hand over info on their foreign and Palestinian employees; petition says ban ‘will lead to a humanitarian collapse’
By Jeremy Sharon, Agencies and ToI Staff
A Palestinian woman arrives with a child at the Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025. (Omar AL-Qattaa/AFP)
January 4, 2026, 4:56 pm
International aid groups grapple with impact of Israel’s ban on their work in Gaza
Israel says groups whose licenses were revoked make up only a small part of operations in the Strip, but the ban will further strain operations amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis
By AP and ToI Staff
A Palestinian man walks on his crutches to the Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
January 1, 2026, 6:49 pm
Israel vows to enforce ban on 37 aid groups in Gaza as deadline passes
NGOs must cease operations by March 1 after declining to provide government details on their Palestinian and foreign employees by end of 2025, Diaspora Affairs Ministry announces
By AFP and Jeremy Sharon
Palestinian patients wait to be seen at a Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on December 31, 2025 (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
December 31, 2025, 5:55 pm
UN rights chief slams ‘outrageous’ Israeli suspension of aid groups in Gaza
EU says move will block ‘life-saving aid’; Jerusalem introduced demands in March for detailed information on Palestinian staff; many organizations have not provided it
By AFP, Reuters, Rossella Tercatin and Jeremy Sharon
Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on August 9, 2025. (AFP)
December 3, 2025, 3:44 pm
Hamas coerced Gaza aid groups by designating ‘guarantors’ inside them — report
Pro-Israel watchdog NGO Monitor says declassified documents it obtained show how terror group surveilled staff at international organizations, used administrators as liaisons
By Luke Tress
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman attends a rally for the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip in Jerusalem, February 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 3, 2025, 8:35 pm
Green NGOs appeal to attorney general against environment minister’s refusal to release funds
Group warns that Idit Silman’s decision not to call for grant proposals for NIS 11 million approved by special fund could ‘bring smaller organizations to their knees’
By Sue Surkes
Displaced Palestinians carrying relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private US-backed aid group, return from aid distribution centers in Rafah to their tents in the southern Gaza Strip on May 29, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
July 1, 2025, 5:17 pm
170 NGOs urge end to US-backed Gaza aid system; Israel: Hamas is firing at civilians
NGOs’ call comes as 500 reported killed since May near aid sites; IDF says it has taken steps to reduce casualties; Foreign Ministry says Hamas shooting at civilians, falsifying death tolls
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, the founder of NGO Monitor, at The Times of Israel's Jerusalem office, July 30, 2024. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
August 2, 2024, 10:22 am
What Matters Now to Prof. Gerald Steinberg: Hypocrisy of human rights groups on Israel
The founder of NGO Monitor delves into the murky world of non-governmental organizations (NGOS) and how many issue wide-reaching reports targeting and unfairly condemning Israel
By ToI Staff
The scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit and caused damage in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 24, 2023. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 20, 2023, 6:33 pm
Tech initiative, backed by Google, to create 400 jobs in the Negev
At an investment of NIS 15 million, tech initiative was set up to help in the rehabilitation of war-affected Gaza border communities and turn western Negev into a high-tech hub
By Sharon Wrobel
Workers unload goods outside a supermarket, in downtown Jerusalem, December 8, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 5, 2023, 2:18 pm
Food welfare organizations report sharp rise in requests as Passover approaches
Pitchon Lev says request for aid increased by 285%, and average age of those seeking assistance dropped from 67 to 53 in 2022
By ToI Staff
Protesters carrying a European Union flag are sprayed by a water cannon during clashes with riot police near the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi on March 7, 2023. (AFP)
March 9, 2023, 2:26 pm
After mass protests, Georgia withdraws bill seen as curbing media and other freedoms
Ruling party acknowledges ‘controversy in society’ over ‘foreign agent’ legislation that critics said would stifle media freedom and civil society
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Rabbi Mordechai Bald and his wife, Sara, stand outside a local synagogue next to empty boxes of aid they have distributed to Ukrainian Jewish refugees who arrived in Lviv, October 26, 2022. (Jacob Judah/ JTA)
January 12, 2023, 4:13 pm
This year’s ‘Jewish Nobel’ is a group prize, going to Jewish activists in Ukraine
Though the $1 million Genesis Prize typically is awarded to an individual, ‘the extraordinary nature of events’ this year will see it go to NGOs ‘helping to alleviate suffering’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A Palestinian woman walks into the al-Haq human rights group organization's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
July 12, 2022, 9:49 pm
European countries say Israel hasn’t backed up terror label for 6 Palestinian groups
9 foreign ministries including France, UK, Germany say they received ‘no substantial information’ about NGOs that would justify a policy change on funding
By ToI Staff
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