Farmers

Food shortages and rising costs: UN agency warns of global food crisis if Hormuz remains blocked

The closure of the narrow waterway, which normally carries around a fifth of global Liquified Natural Gas supplies, will have a rippling impact beyond the Middle East, Maximo Torero warned.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025.
A shepherd leads a herd of goats near the Palestinian village of al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, January 11, 2026.

High Court asked to enforce return order in Ras Ein al-Auja case after state misses deadline

Petitioners urge the High Court to enforce its ruling in the Ras Ein al-Auja case after the state missed a deadline to report on measures enabling residents’s return.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Volunteers on the scene after the rocket fell in Beit Shemesh

The war through the eyes of HaShomer HaChadash

Hashomer HaChadash founder, Yoel Zilberman has a clear vision of how Israel should prepare for the future and wars to come: “Countries will first take care of themselves.”

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN
ISRAELIS TAKE cover in a public shelter in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, March 1, 2026.

Caught in the crossfire: The American highschoolers who stayed behind to help amid the Iran war

Nadav, along with roughly 60 other teens on the trip, decided to stay in Israel during the war, joining agricultural nonprofit Hiburim B’Haklau to aid farmers affected by the war.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Israeli food rescue groups are helping farmers survive amid Gaza war

That problem is afflicting farmers all over Israel, not just those in the war zones.

DECEMBER 7, 2023ByELANA SZTOKMAN/JTA
Leket Israel volunteers at an Israeli farm.

Gaza war hits Israeli farms: 89% report damage, 96% expect harm

Nearly all farmers (86%) expect a loss of income. While the national average is estimated at around 35%, the average loss is estimated at 69% in the Gaza area. 

DECEMBER 2, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
RAIDERS BURNED Shlomo’s farm, including expensive equipment, totaling around NIS 500K in damage.

Israel calls for volunteers to save Israeli agriculture

Members of Knesset from all over the political spectrum came together to highlight the importance of volunteers coming to save Israel’s agriculture sector.

NOVEMBER 29, 2023BySAM HALPERN
Volunteers work on Israeli farms.

‘Now is the time for everyone to help Israeli farmers’ say KKL-JNF workers

KKL-JNF employees participated in agricultural harvesting and packaging throughout the country.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM
KKL-JNF workers pick up pomegranates to help Israeli farmers

Will Israel's Thai workers return to agriculture, construction jobs?

The Thai embassy in Israel is considering returning agricultural workers and exploring construction industry partnerships to address the female labor shortage post-war.

NOVEMBER 19, 2023ByOFER PETERSBURG

Volunteers rush to Israeli farms stripped of workers after Hamas attack

Around 80 members of the US-based Jewish mothers' group, Momentum, answered the call to save Israel's harvest.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
Volunteers who have come to harvest cabbages, work on Israeli farms near the Gaza border since production stopped after the Hamas attack October 7th attack, in Patish, Israel November 8, 2023

Bedouin Sheikhs vow and encourage trust in IDF in war with Hamas

The Bedouin population was massacred violently on October 7, as many farmers who went to milk cows in the early morning hours were murdered and kidnapped.

NOVEMBER 15, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Bedouin community leaders speak on the state of their community amidst Israel's ongoing war with Hamas.

Adama company employees are mobilizing to help for farmers

Adama, one of the world's leading companies in the field of plant protection, is mobilizing to help Israeli farmers throughout the country.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023ByRUTH NADAV
Adama company employees in a voluntary activity for the farmers.