diff --git a/configuration.template.json b/configuration.template.json
index 7603855..9e23497 100644
--- a/configuration.template.json
+++ b/configuration.template.json
@@ -130,6 +130,33 @@
                     "type": "text"
                 }
             ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "generic_fetcher",
+            "display": "Fetch/Update data from different source types into a CKAN Package",
+            "fields": [
+                {
+                    "name": "source_url",
+                    "display": "Source URL (source type will be inferred from the URL, see https://github.com/hasadna/datacity-ckan-dgp/blob/main/datacity_ckan_dgp/operators/generic_fetcher.py for details)",
+                    "type": "text"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "target_instance_name",
+                    "display": "Target CKAN Instance",
+                    "type": "enum",
+                    "options": ["__CKAN_INSTANCES__"]
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "target_package_id",
+                    "display": "ID of Package to Update (or Create)",
+                    "type": "text"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "target_organization_id",
+                    "display": "Owner Organization of created package",
+                    "type": "text"
+                }
+            ]
         }
     ],
     "theme": {
diff --git a/datacity_ckan_dgp/generic_fetchers/__init__.py b/datacity_ckan_dgp/generic_fetchers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/datacity_ckan_dgp/generic_fetchers/ckan_dataset_fetcher.py b/datacity_ckan_dgp/generic_fetchers/ckan_dataset_fetcher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3148aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datacity_ckan_dgp/generic_fetchers/ckan_dataset_fetcher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import os
+
+import requests
+
+from .. import ckan
+from ..utils import http_stream_download
+
+
+def fetch(source_url, target_instance_name, target_package_id, target_organization_id, tmpdir):
+    res = ckan.package_show(target_instance_name, target_package_id)
+    target_package_exists = False
+    existing_target_resources = {}
+    if res:
+        target_package_exists = True
+        for resource in res['resources']:
+            format_ = resource.get('format') or ''
+            name = resource.get('name') or ''
+            hash_ = resource.get('hash') or ''
+            id_ = resource.get('id') or ''
+            if format_ and name and hash_ and id_:
+                existing_target_resources[f'{name}.{format_}'] = {'hash': hash_, 'id': id_}
+    source_package_id = source_url.split('/dataset/')[1].split('/')[0]
+    source_instance_baseurl = source_url.split('/dataset/')[0]
+    if 'data.gov.il' in source_instance_baseurl:
+        headers = {'user-agent': 'datagov-external-client'}
+    else:
+        headers = None
+    res = requests.get(f'{source_instance_baseurl}/api/3/action/package_show?id={source_package_id}', headers=headers).json()
+    assert res['success']
+    package_title = res['result']['title']
+    resources_to_update = []
+    for resource in res['result']['resources']:
+        id_ = resource.get('id') or ''
+        url = resource.get('url') or ''
+        if url and id_:
+            if 'e.data.gov.il' in url:
+                url = url.replace('e.data.gov.il', 'data.gov.il')
+            filename = url.split('/')[-1]
+            source_hash = http_stream_download(f'{tmpdir}/{id_}', {'url': url, 'headers': headers})
+            source_format = resource.get('format') or ''
+            source_name = resource.get('name') or ''
+            description = resource.get('description') or ''
+            if existing_target_resources.get(f'{source_name}.{source_format}', {}).get('hash') != source_hash:
+                resources_to_update.append((id_, source_name, source_format, source_hash, description, filename))
+    if resources_to_update:
+        print(f'updating {len(resources_to_update)} resources')
+        if not target_package_exists:
+            print('creating target package')
+            res = ckan.package_create(target_instance_name, {
+                'name': target_package_id,
+                'title': package_title,
+                'owner_org': target_organization_id
+            })
+            assert res['success'], str(res)
+        for id_, name, format_, hash_, description, filename in resources_to_update:
+            print(f'{name}.{format_}')
+            if os.path.exists(f'{tmpdir}/{filename}'):
+                os.unlink(f'{tmpdir}/{filename}')
+            os.rename(f'{tmpdir}/{id_}', f'{tmpdir}/{filename}')
+            if f'{name}.{format_}' in existing_target_resources:
+                print('existing resource found, but hash is different, updating resource data')
+                res = ckan.resource_update(target_instance_name, {
+                    'id': existing_target_resources[f'{name}.{format_}']['id'],
+                    'hash': hash_,
+                    'description': description
+                }, files=[('upload', open(f'{tmpdir}/{filename}', 'rb'))])
+                assert res['success'], str(res)
+            else:
+                print('no existing resource found, creating new resource')
+                res = ckan.resource_create(target_instance_name, {
+                    'package_id': target_package_id,
+                    'format': format_,
+                    'name': name,
+                    'hash': hash_,
+                    'description': description
+                }, files=[('upload', open(f'{tmpdir}/{filename}', 'rb'))])
+                assert res['success'], str(res)
+        print('done, all resources created/updated')
+    else:
+        print('no resources to create/update')
diff --git a/datacity_ckan_dgp/operators/generic_fetcher.py b/datacity_ckan_dgp/operators/generic_fetcher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13eaef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datacity_ckan_dgp/operators/generic_fetcher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+import tempfile
+import contextlib
+from importlib import import_module
+
+
+# the source url will be checked against the following types in order to determine which type of source it is
+FETCHERS = [
+    {
+        # python3 -m datacity_ckan_dgp.operators.generic_fetcher '{"source_url": "https://data.gov.il/dataset/automated-devices", "target_instance_name": "LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT", "target_package_id": "automated-devices", "target_organization_id": "israel-gov", "tmpdir": ".data/ckan_fetcher_tmpdir"}'
+        'fetcher': 'ckan_dataset',
+        'match': {
+            'url_contains': '/dataset/'
+        }
+    }
+]
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def tempdir(tmpdir):
+    if tmpdir:
+        os.makedirs(tmpdir, exist_ok=True)
+        yield tmpdir
+    else:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            yield tmpdir
+
+
+def operator(name, params):
+    source_url = params['source_url']
+    target_instance_name = params['target_instance_name']
+    target_package_id = params['target_package_id']
+    target_organization_id = params['target_organization_id']
+    tmpdir = params.get('tmpdir')
+    with tempdir(tmpdir) as tmpdir:
+        print('starting generic_fetcher operator')
+        print(f'source_url={source_url} target_instance_name={target_instance_name} target_package_id={target_package_id} target_organization_id={target_organization_id}')
+        print(f'tmpdir={tmpdir}')
+        for fetcher in FETCHERS:
+            assert fetcher['match'].keys() == {'url_contains'}, 'only url_contains match is supported at the moment'
+            if fetcher['match']['url_contains'] in source_url:
+                import_module(f'datacity_ckan_dgp.generic_fetchers.{fetcher["fetcher"]}_fetcher').fetch(source_url, target_instance_name, target_package_id, target_organization_id, tmpdir)
+                break
+
+
+# python3 -m datacity_ckan_dgp.operators.generic_fetcher '{"source_url": "https://data.gov.il/dataset/automated-devices", "target_instance_name": "LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT", "target_package_id": "automated-devices", "target_organization_id": "israel-gov", "tmpdir": ".data/ckan_fetcher_tmpdir"}'
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    operator('_', json.loads(sys.argv[1]))
diff --git a/datacity_ckan_dgp/operators/instance_initializer.py b/datacity_ckan_dgp/operators/instance_initializer.py
index 2374979..2c28dee 100644
--- a/datacity_ckan_dgp/operators/instance_initializer.py
+++ b/datacity_ckan_dgp/operators/instance_initializer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import traceback
 from glob import glob
-from ruamel import yaml
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 import pyproj
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 from datacity_ckan_dgp import utils
 
 
+yaml = YAML(typ='safe', pure=True)
+
+
 AUTOMATION_GROUP_NAME = 'instance_initializer'
 ORGANIZATIONS_YAML = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'instance_initializer_organizations.yaml')
 GROUPS_YAML = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'instance_initializer_groups.yaml')
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ def init_groups(instance_name):
     print("Initializing groups")
     if not ckan.automation_group_get(instance_name, AUTOMATION_GROUP_NAME, 'initialized_groups'):
         with open(GROUPS_YAML) as f:
-            groups = yaml.safe_load(f)
+            groups = yaml.load(f)
         for group in groups:
             if not ckan.group_show(instance_name, group['id']):
                 ckan.group_create(instance_name, group['id'], title=group['title'], image_url=group['icon'])
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ def init_organizations(instance_name, default_organization_title):
     print("Initializing organizations")
     if not ckan.automation_group_get(instance_name, AUTOMATION_GROUP_NAME, 'initialized_organizations'):
         with open(ORGANIZATIONS_YAML) as f:
-            organizations = yaml.safe_load(f)
+            organizations = yaml.load(f)
         for organization in organizations:
             if not ckan.organization_show(instance_name, organization['id']):
                 title = default_organization_title if organization['id'] == 'muni' else organization['title']
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ def init_packages(instance_name, muni_filter_texts, init_package_id=None):
     print("Initializing packages")
     if not ckan.automation_group_get(instance_name, AUTOMATION_GROUP_NAME, 'initialized_packages'):
         with open(PACKAGES_YAML) as f:
-            packages = yaml.safe_load(f)
+            packages = yaml.load(f)
         num_errors = 0
         num_success = 0
         for package in packages:
@@ -250,6 +253,9 @@ def operator(name, params, init_package_id=None):
     init_packages(instance_name, muni_filter_texts, init_package_id)
 
 
+# python3 -m datacity_ckan_dgp.operators.instance_initializer '{"instance_name": "local_development", "default_organization_title": "עיריית חיפה", "muni_filter_texts": "חיפה"}'
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys
     import json