"Climate crisis is here": Israeli environmental activists demonstrate in front of the Israeli headquarters of the US Chevron Oil Company in Herzliya, last Wednesday, August 25, 2021.

Methane Emissions Level in Israel Much Higher than World Averages

A government report published on Monday, August 30, discloses that Israel’s methane emissions, which have more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide, are much higher than world averages. In its annual report on pollution and global warming gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Ministry states that during 2020 the 570 largest factories Israel cost…

COVID-19 crew at Soroka Medical Center in Beer-Sheva

Medical Workers Have Begun Sanctions over Labor Dispute

Starting Tuesday, August 24, 1,500 medical technologists, including 150 operators of ventilators and ECMO heart-lung machines, will only be working until 3 pm  and won’t be available for night shifts. These sanctions are part of these workers’ fight for better employment conditions and a continuation of their labor dispute that was first declared in 2019. The…