"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…

Greek PM Mitsotakis and Israeli PM Netanyahu speak at a press conference following their talks on Monday, February 8.

KKE: Tightening of Greek-Israeli Relations Counters Peoples’ Needs

A high-profile Greek delegation, headed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, landed in Israel on Monday, February 8, to discuss regional matters with Israeli officials, including: coordinating policy on the EastMed pipeline which will connect the Leviathan gas fields in Israel’s territorial waters to Cyprus, Greece and eventually Europe; weapons and knowledge sales; the investment by Israeli…

UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick: "Some hospitals in Gaza are already within a week of closing.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator: The Situation in Gaza is Desperate

Final stocks of emergency fuel will be delivered this weekend to critical facilities in the Gaza Strip, through the United Nations-assisted Emergency Fuel Program. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, has written to the donor community requesting immediate support for the program, which provides life-saving emergency fuel to operate standby emergency power generators at critical…

Earth Day at Kishon Park, near Haifa, last Monday, April 25

Earth Day: Thousands Visit the Kishon Park near Haifa

Haifa has been in the headlines for months due to its alarming pollution problem and that was what apparently made it the appropriate spot for Israel’s annual Earth Day celebration. On Monday, April 25, thousands of celebrants made their way to the city’s Kishon Park, bordering the notoriously polluted namesake river that has been the…

Thousands of Israelis flooded Tel-Aviv streets on Saturday night, June 27, to oppose the gas deal approved by the cabinet.

US Ambassador Presses Joint List MKs on Gas Deal Vote

US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, has been trying to persuade Knesset members of the opposition Joint List to abstain or absent themselves from a Knesset vote advancing a controversial plan to develop Israel’s natural gas reserves, Haaretz and “Kol Israel” (Israel Radio) reported Tuesday. A “yes” vote would allow the cabinet to implement its…