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Child famine has reached the highest level in Gaza, with tens of thousands of kids affected – new study

Michael Toole, Burnet Institute - More than 54,000 children aged under five in Gaza are suffering acute malnutrition, including more than 12,800 who are severely malnourished, according to a study published in The...

From Desert to Oasis: How Israel’s Water Conservation Initiatives Resound Internationally

By Yael Ben-David ~ Where deserts previously towered as a threat for dry climates and unpredictable rains, Israel has turned the dictum on its head: it has fashioned scarcity into means to irrigate...

Vegan by Nature: Israel Leads the World in Plant-Based Consumption Trend

By Lior Ben-Ami ~ On a breezy afternoon in Tel Aviv, it’s not unusual to stumble upon a sidewalk café serving shawarma made from seitan,...

Meltlng Together with Heart: The Construction of Israel’s Gastro-Cultural Melting Pot

By Yael Cohen ~ Israeli food is living evidence of its multiculturality and multihistoricity. It is a melting pot, relying on the immigrants' immigration and emigration, the spices, food, and traditions they had brought with them from Yemen, Morocco, Iraq,...

Israel’s ‘refuseniks’: a growing number of soldiers are refusing to serve in Netanyahu’s war on Gaza

Leonie Fleischmann, City St George's, University of London The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to step up the offensive on Gaza City, despite internal and international condemnation. Amid accusations by the International Association of Genocide Scholars that Israel is committing genocide, some 40,000 reservist soldiers were called-up to report for duty on Tuesday, August 2. An additional 90,000 are due for mobilisation by the end...

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are times for soul-searching, but not on your own – community has always been at the heart of the...

David L. Graizbord, University of Arizona - Starting the evening of Sept. 15, 2023, and again the evening of Sept. 24, Jews around the...

Sweet Traditions: Israel’s Leading Holiday Desserts and Treats in Search

By Eliya Barak ~ Dinner in Israel is not an empty belly; it is celebration, history, and culture. Perhaps nowhere is that more appetitively evident than in the holiday meals and traditional sweets of...

Spice & Soul: How Israeli Street Food Defines the Taste of a Nation

By Yael Cohen ~ Tel Aviv's Za'atar Za'azar Carmel Market smells of hot falafel fried to order and the acrid...

Hamas and Israel are on the verge of a ceasefire. What’s being left unsaid, though, could scupper the deal

Martin Kear, University of Sydney Hamas announced that it has accepted several parts of the...

Meltlng Together with Heart: The Construction of Israel’s Gastro-Cultural Melting Pot

By Yael Cohen ~ Israeli food is living evidence of its multiculturality and multihistoricity. It...