"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…

Agricultural produce spilled on a road by farmers protesting the government's agricultural reform, Thursday, July 29, 2021

Farmers Protest En Masse during Weekly Jerusalem Cabinet Meeting

Yesterday, August 1, farmers and agriculture workers protested in Jerusalem during the weekly Sunday morning cabinet meeting of the Israeli government. As the meeting was getting ready to begin, thousands of protesters converged on Jerusalem driving trucks, tractors and other agricultural vehicles to decry the government’s proposed neo-liberal reforms they call “destructive.” Last Thursday, July 29, farmers…

Dov Khenin attends a demonstration against construction on the Palmahim beach along Israel's southern Mediterranean coast. The sign held by the boy reads "Enough Robbery."

New Gov’t Promoting Projects That Are Environmentally Destructive

The new Bennet-Lapid government is promoting plans destructive to the environment that were set in motion by previous governments, a coalition of Israel’s major green groups stated on Wednesday, July 14, the Hebrew-language Communist website Zo Haderech reported. The groups made the statement at a press conference following the government’s decision to extend the life of an…

Today, Live Zoom Conversation in English with MK Touma-Sliman

For the fourth time in three years, far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assembled an alliance of ultra-capitalists, Kahanists, and religious fundamentalists towards the upcoming election. However, when voting on March 23 for the 24th Knesset, remember that the Joint List is the only Arab-Jewish democratic option. Today, Tuesday, March2, a Zoom conversation in English will…