Hunger
World Food Programme slashes Syria aid, affecting 7.2 million as funding crisis deepens
The World Food Programme has halved emergency food aid in Syria due to funding shortages, leaving millions vulnerable despite signs of stabilization.
WFP warns tens of millions could face acute hunger if Iran war continues
About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say
'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons
Israeli supermarket employs vertical farm start-up for selling produce
The new technologies eliminate the need to rely on outdoor growers and suppliers while also providing a fresher, more eco-friendly product which needs much less water and land to grow.
NY Masbia soup kitchen now operates 24 hours a day to meet huge demands
"It's heartbreaking that this is necessary. But the need has become so great that we could not continue operating like we did even a few months ago," said a Masbia board co-chairman.
Meet Viki Slavin, a hi-tech champion who feeds the hungry during COVID-19
After sleeping at the Moscow airport as a Jewish child in the USSR seeking to come to Israel, Slavin is the head of her own hi-tech company.
Likud Minister Hanegbi says complaining of hunger is 'populist bulls**t'
The minister-without-portfolio's page on Wikipedia was changed temporarily to open with the words "Tzachi Hanegbi is a corrupt, opportunistic pig."
Syria's hunger crisis worsens, COVID outbreak could intensify -UN
The World Food Programme (WFP) told a briefing in Geneva that the number of people short of essential foodstuffs had risen by 1.4 million in the past six months.
More Yemeni children face malnourishment amid aid shortage, coronavirus
Tens of thousands of people have died, many of them civilians, and the ensuing humanitarian crisis has been called the worst in the world.
Food is not simply sustenance
I wanted people to feel the emotional bond that food can convey, the delight in the tastes of their childhood...
Without cash, next round of rockets is coming soon - analysis
The rounds of violence keep on taking the Israelis by surprise, although there is nothing surprising about them.
The Smiling Face of Meir Panim
Israel's largest assistance network puts up impressive numbers for helping the needy. Yet, while the statistics are remarkable, the meaning behind Meir Panim’s mission is even more noteworthy.
How Israeli scientists are saving crops
Researchers at Israel's Weizmann Institute found a sustainable way to eliminate a parasitic crop killer that caused hunger and famine in sub-Saharan Africa.
