Court Orders Haifa Chemicals to Empty Its 12,000-Ton Ammonia Storage in Haifa Bay within 10 Days

Haifa Chemicals must empty its 12,000-ton ammonia storage tank within 10 days, the Haifa Local Affairs Court ruled on Sunday, February 12. Environmental and Hadash activists have long seen the ammonia container, located in the Haifa Bay Industrial Zone, as a “ticking time bomb.” The ammonia processing and storage facility was established in 1989. It…

Bulldozers demolish houses and agriculture structures in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al Hiran, Negev desert, Israel, January 18, 2017.

Odeh: Israel Bulldozes Democracy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is expected to visit Washington this week to meet with President Trump, presumably to discuss the political philosophy they share: power through hate and fear. A government that bars refugees and Muslims from entering the United States has much in common with one that permits Israeli settlers to steal…