Jerusalem, 16 February, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism announced that Oxfam will cease operations in Gaza effective February 28, following a decision by the Ministry, which oversees the registration of humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, Judea and Samaria.
The move follows a February 13 interview on Britain’s Channel 4 News in which Oxfam CEO Dr. Halima Begum said she was pressured internally to describe the Gaza war as a “genocide” without sufficient factual basis. She also alleged antisemitism within the organization’s leadership and an excessive focus on Gaza compared to other global crises.
Minister Amichai Chikli said that Begum’s remarks “reflect the narrative and intensity of antisemitism within Oxfam. Dr. Begum herself, who is Muslim, has been a vocal critic of the State of Israel. Therefore, when she testifies about the level of antisemitism within the organization and levels these accusations herself, her remarks should resonate around the world all the more.”
Oxfam is a UK-based charity working to fight global poverty.
In February, the ministry moved to terminate the activities of 37 aid groups, including Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, and WorldVision, for failing to submit required lists of local employees. Numerous other aid organizations complied and continue to operate in Gaza.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and WorldVision have both come under scrutiny in recent days.
Internal Hamas documents seized by israeli soldiers and reviewed by experts reveal that the terror group spied on and interrogated the staff of World Vision, a U.S. Christian aid organization to obstruct the trial of the charity’s former Gaza director, Mohammed el-Halabi, according to Hamas documents seized in Gaza and recently analyzed.
MSF, based in France, suspended nonessential activities at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis after admitting its staff observed armed men, some masked, inside the compound.
According to the Israeli military, 85 percent of Gaza’s hospitals have been used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for terror.
Other Gazans have told Israeli interrogators that Hamas deeply embedded itself in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to use hospitals as a base for attacks.
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