Hunger

Ex-UN director who protested Gaza famine challenges his dismissal

Benjamin Davis, 62, was one of the hundreds of employees who joined in moments of silence for hunger victims in Gaza.

Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen after the global hunger monitor, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), said that Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine that will likely spread, in Gaza City, August 28, 2025.
A girl carries a jerrycan as displaced people living in temporary shelters receive food aid in Al-Khawkhah, in Yemen's western Hodeidah province, on July 30, 2026.

Hunger increasing in Yemen, record number of people unable to meet food needs, WFP warns

Displaced Lebanese children play in the playground of a public school that has been converted into a shelter in the town of Dekwaneh, north of Beirut on March 25, 2026.

UNICEF warns of severe child deprivation in Lebanon as displacement, economic tolls mount

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Climate change is stripping nutrients from food, global study with Israeli expert warns


'Scientific drawing' could help anorexia nervosa patients -study

AN is an eating disorder characterized by low weight, food restriction, fear of gaining weight, an overpowering desire to be thin and body-image disturbance.

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Exposure to the sun makes men hungrier than women - Israeli study

Tel Aviv University Research: Open your wallets! Men will be much hungrier than women when they expose themselves to the sun’s rays.

 A group of men and women together at the sunny beach. A new study suggests exposure to sunlight makes men hungrier, not women (Illustrative).

Israel's schools: Better scores, less violence and absences, but more hunger - survey

An end-of-year survey by an Israeli NGO found a sizable post-COVID increase in hungry children within the Israeli educational system.

 View of an empty school at in Tel Aviv, as schools begin at 10 A.M. following a strike of the Teachers Union, on June 19, 2022.

Doctrine, not despair: This breeds Palestinian terrorism

To view Palestinian terror entirely through an economics lens is essentially a Marxist approach.

 MOST HUNGRY people are not violent, nor are they terrorists.

Leket: Israel's National Food Bank promoting food rescue

A major turning point came in 2007, when hi-tech entrepreneur Gidi Kroch joined Leket upon his return from the US, bringing onboard his logistical skills.

 Leket Israel CEO Gidi Kroch watches over the vegetables being packed for Passover.

Nevet’s sandwich program is helping at-risk kids achieve in school

The nonprofit organization provides 11,000 meals every day.

 NEVET, AN Israeli nonprofit, provides over 10,000 healthy, fresh sandwiches daily to students who need them (Illustrative).

How is Israel working to fight food insecurity - opinion

Jewish tradition actually forbids food waste, with the commandment of bal tashchit (not to destroy or waste) being an important religious and environmental ethic.

 Leket Israel Distributing Hot Food to the Needy

Sandwiches: Simple solutions to complex problems - opinion

Some plans to reverse childhood poverty and social alienation are complex and require ambitious networks and strategies. Sometimes, it's just giving a kid a sandwich.

 NEVET, AN Israeli nonprofit, provides over 10,000 healthy, fresh sandwiches daily to students who need them (Illustrative).

Could price hikes and cost of living turn Israel against Bennett?

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Eleven years after the July 2011 socioeconomic protests, disgruntled consumers are headed back to the streets.

 A GROCER unpacks bags of Osem noodles in a Tel Aviv market.

How should Israel solve its poverty problem?

Jews, Arabs and Christians alike suffer from a high degree of poverty – a phenomenon that has only grown in recent years.

 WELFARE AND Social Services Minister Meir Cohen (left) and National Insurance Institute director-general Meir Spiegler display the 2020 poverty report at a ceremony in Jerusalem.