In Rare UN Victory for Israel, Israeli NGO ZAKA Receives Coveted Official Status
This week Israel’s primary rescue and recovery volunteer organization, ZAKA, was unanimously granted international consultative and observer status.
With Thousands of Volunteers Worldwide, Israeli Organization ZAKA is the Top International Search-and-Rescue Team
Whether seeking to save lives or searching for and collecting the dead, ZAKA’s teams must keep its mottos in the forefront of their minds.
ZAKA Inspires University Students to Join in Creating a Better World
Last week, a group of American university students attended a life-altering presentation at the ZAKA office in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Kanievsky Rules That Medics Should Not Treat Terrorists
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading Torah authority,in a meeting with the heads of Hatzalah, a volunteer medical emergency response service, instructed the paramedics not to treat injured terrorists.
Defying Political Boundaries in Israel, ZAKA Saves Lives and Gives Dignity to the Dead
With their volunteer paramedics and a variety of highly specialized rescue and recovery units, ZAKA is responsible for quickly identifying the dead and ensuring proper religious burial for the deceased with the utmost dignity.
In Defiance of New Rule, ZAKA Treats Victim Before Terrorist
When ZAKA volunteer Chaim Foxman arrived at the scene of Wednesday’s Old City stabbing attack, he administered first aid to the victims of the attack rather than to the terrorist who perpetrated it, even though the terrorist was in worse condition.
ZAKA Responds to Injunction to Treat Terrorists Before Victims With a Resounding NO
In response to a recent injunction by the Israel Medical Association to treat patients at the scenes of terror attacks without regarding whether the patient is a victim or perpetrator of the attack, ZAKA stated unequivocally that they will always treat victims before terrorists.
ZAKA Volunteers Arrive at Germanwings Crash Site to Recover Body of Israeli Victim
A delegation of eight ZAKA International Rescue Unit volunteers arrived to assist in the search and recovery mission at the site of the Germanwings plane crash.
Israel’s ZAKA Volunteers Join Paris Colleagues at Terror Site
Two days following the deadly terror attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, veteran ZAKA volunteers from Israel travelled to France to join their volunteer colleagues in the Paris Zaka unit. On Sunday evening, January 11, ZAKA International Rescue Unit head Mati Goldstein and veteran ZAKA volunteer Dano Monkotovitz immediately flew out to Paris to the […]