"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…

Farmers protesting the government’s agricultural reforms rallied in the Arava desert in southern Israel, Thursday, July 29, 2021.

Israeli Farmers Protest Neoliberal Reforms along Lebanese Border

Protesting farmers tried to break through Israel’s northern border into Lebanon on Tuesday, August 17, as they continued their demonstrations against planned neoliberal agricultural reforms that, they contend, will destroy their livelihoods. The reforms will gradually reduce import tariffs on most fruit and vegetables over five years, and will immediately reduce them on eggs, avocados, garlic,…