Current sectionIsrael NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeNoa Poliakine Dotan. "I encourage people, whenever they feel hopeless, to start by donating." Credit: Itai RonA group of former students at Israel's Arava Institute are funneling aid to Gazan classmates and their families in word-of-mouth campaigns. 'We just don't have the right to stop acting as long as this reality continues,' says one organizerAugust 21, 2025A group of Israeli students has raised over $50,000 for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since the war began, quietly soliciting donations in a series of campaigns spread by word-of-mouth. They know exactly where that money is going: to their former classmates from the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and their families, as they struggle to survive Israeli bombings and food shortages.In the NewsProtests Against Netanyahu Government Taking Place Across IsraelIsraeli Day Trip: The Ancient Mound Where Philistines and Crusaders Cross PathsNYC Mayor Mamdani Shares Nakba Day Video, Sparks Backlash for One-sidednessFormer MK Joseph Jabareen Elected Head of Arab-Jewish Hadash–Ta'al PartyReport: U.S. and Israel Preparing for Possible Renewal of Strikes on IranRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Hasidic Jews Behind Florida's Giant Golden Trump StatueStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityIt Wasn't Just Revenge That Israel Was After in GazaIsraeli Artists Slam Venice Biennale Participation: 'Again, Israel as a Victim'Trump Collides With Reality in Latest Iran StandoffIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked