Overview
- Reports from N12 and Channel 12 say Guinness World Records is not processing entries from Israel, the Gaza Strip or the West Bank.
- Matnat Chaim pursued recognition for assembling 2,000 voluntary kidney donors after starting the application years ago and paying required fees.
- The group organized a planned documentation event at Jerusalem’s Binyanei Ha’uma to photograph donors for the record attempt.
- Organizers say an email from Guinness announced the halt without an explanation or timeline, leaving the milestone out of the next record book.
- Matnat Chaim president Rachel Heber called the move unacceptable and said the nonprofit will continue its work, while speculation about political motives remains unconfirmed and Guinness has not commented.