05/26/2026
This week, Operation Israel had a seat at the table in the Knesset.
We addressed the Knesset Special Committee on the regulatory and customs obstacles facing organizations that bring donated equipment to Israel’s soldiers and frontline communities. By the end of the session, the Ministry of Finance and the Tax and Customs Authorities committed to work with us on a process to ease those obstacles.
For a volunteer-run organization, this is what two and a half years of showing up and delivering looks like.
Watch our address to the committee, and the committee chair’s words to our donors.
Thank you to MK Michael Biton for his leadership and his persistence on an issue that directly affects the safety of soldiers.
None of this would be possible without our donors. You put us in that room.