ZAKA isn't just "some random NGO"
CW co-founder SA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZAKA#Controversies
After Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, ZAKA's co-founder and main figurehead for more than 30 years, was awarded the Israel Prize in March 2021,[23][24] multiple accusations surfaced of his having committed sexual assaults against women, girls and boys over several decades, with the knowledge of others in the community.[25][26][27] Channel 13 reported that ZAKA officials had known about the abuse allegations and worked to silence the claims.[28] Meshi-Zahav subsequently resigned ZAKA leadership and relinquished the Israel Prize.[29] In response to the accusations, a senior ZAKA official said the organization had now "washed its hands" of Meshi-Zahav and that "given the accusations against him, it's very hard to remember the good that he's done. We always saw him with women and suspected that he was a deviant, but we never suspected he was a pedophile or a rapist. In retrospect, this [the allegations] explains a lot of things we saw over the years.[30] Following a suicide attempt in April 2021, Meshi-Zahav entered a coma and died in June 2022.[29] Gideon Aran, a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Hebrew University, said in his book about ZAKA that most ZAKA volunteers, while familiar with Meshi-Zahav and the colorful image of himself that he had cultivated, probably had no inkling of his misconduct; only a very few senior members were partially aware of his inclinations, without suspecting there was criminal and pathological behavior involved.[23] Following the scandal, Aran found that aside from a few changes in personnel, the organization's principles, sentiments and activities remained the same, and the damage to its public reputation was minimal.[23]
academic discussion of ZAKA volunteer culture, attitudes towards Jewish vs non-Jewish dead
https://academic.oup.com/book/46730/chapter/413250726
The Cult of Dismembered Limbs: Jewish Rites of Death at the Scene of Palestinian Suicide Terrorism by Gideon Aran, Chapter 3 Culture and Personality of the Specialists in Horrific Death
Abstract
Chapter 3 relates to the distinctive ethos of ZAKA and to the characteristic personality, biography, and habitus of its members. This chapter acquaints the readers with the peculiar rites and folklore of ZAKA’s volunteers along with their typical informal norms of behavior, including a reference to some aspects of which that are often regarded bizarre or deplorable.