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Environment and Climate in the Middle East
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UAE-Israel oil deal freeze is first real test for Abraham Accords – Jerusalem Post
Decision to delay controversial pipeline project over environmental concerns unlikely to lead to major crisis, however. By MAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE JULY 27, 2021 Israel’s decision to freeze a proposed oil pipeline deal with the United Arab Emirates marks the first real test of the Abraham Accords that normalized...
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Lebanon Water Supply Could Collapse in a Month – Naharnet
The shortages and currency crunch in Lebanon could lead to a collapse of the mains water supply in Lebanon within a month, the U.N.’s Children Fund warned Friday. “More than four million people, including one million refugees, are at immediate risk of losing access to safe water in Lebanon,” UNICEF...
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Iran’s water shortage protests might pose future trouble – analysis – Jerusalem Post
The uprising throughout the country is an indication of a deeper trouble brewing under the surface, which may yet pose a danger to the regime. By DANIEL SONNENFELD/THE MEDIA LINE JULY 27, 2021 Protests are raging on the streets of Khuzestan, an Iranian province in the country’s southwest, which...
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Climate Change: Israel – Haaretz
Editorial | Israel Seems to Insist on Waiting for a Climate Catastrophe Haaretz Editorial Jul. 22, 2021 The pictures from North America and Western Europe in recent weeks are a reminder that the climate crisis is not just a problem beleaguering undeveloped countries such as Bangladesh or people living on...
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Global Organization to Compensate Israel for Its Worst Oil Disaster – Haaretz
February’s massive influx of tar polluted beaches across Israel, killing hundreds of animals, including many sea turtles Zafrir Rinat Jul. 22, 2021 The executive committee of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds voted unanimously Thursday to compensate Israel for the damage caused by the worst oil spill in the country’s...
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Editorial | Israel Should Use Disposable Plastic Tax Revenues Ecologically – Haaretz
Haaretz Editorial Jul. 22, 2021 Over the past week, the media have reported plans to raise taxes on consumer products from two sectors that seem different at first glance but are similar in essence. The first is sweetened soft drinks. According to a draft of the Economic Arrangements Bill that...
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Endangered wildlife in northern Israel killed in suspected poisoning – Jerusalem Post / Times of Israel
Since the 1950s, the extinction of several species in the region, particularly birds of prey, has been directly linked to the use of poisonous pesticides. By SHIRA SILKOFF JULY 27, 2021 An estimated 20 carcasses of wild animals have been found in the Upper Galilee since Sunday, leading the...
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With coral research delayed by crash, scientist not waiting to dive back in – Times of Israel
Maoz Fine says the ship carrying him and other scientists is still stranded on a reef, with possible extensive damage to equipment, but he’s already making plans to dive off Sudan By Sue Surkes https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-coral-research-delayed-by-crash-scientist-not-waiting-to-dive-back-in/
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Jordan University, JEPCO start operating solar energy systems on campus – Jordan Times
By JT – Jul 25,2021 AMMAN — The University of Jordan and the Jordan Electric Power Company (JEPCO) on Sunday signed an agreement to start operating the solar energy systems in the university. The project, the largest solar panel installation on rooftops in the Kingdom, will generate some 16 megawatts...
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Who Owns the Beach? Battle for Israeli Paradise Heats Up – Haaretz
Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael was supposed to build proper public access to the beach within its territory, but 12 years have passed and it hasn’t happened. Environmental groups and activists are already making waves Moshe Gilad Jul. 25, 2021 Uri Schor, a resident of Zichron Yaakov, is a family man, software...
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How to Save the World’s Coral Reefs? Scientists Look to the Red Sea for Answers – Haaretz
At the ‘last coral refuge in the world,’ an European-Arab-Israeli research team aims to discover why Gulf of Eilat reefs have survived rising temperatures better than others Lee Yaron Jul. 18, 2021 A research expedition of European, Arab and Israeli scientists will sail from Eilat on Tuesday to study the...
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Israeli Restrictions Are Preventing Gaza’s Water System From Being Repaired – Haaretz
The war in May damaged a third of the pipes. Sewage collects in puddles near residential areas and penetrates the groundwater, and some flows into the sea Amira Hass Jul. 14, 2021 Due to the ban imposed about two months ago by Defense Minister Benny Gantz against bringing raw materials,...
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"In those empty places there is a slow wisdom that surpasses our hasty wisdom - the same slow wisdom of stalactites in the darkness, working in historical harmony. There is in those empty places more balance than in the things that were created only yesterday in order to satisfy our human needs."
- S. Yizhar
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