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Pro-Hamas group got $50 million US grant under Inflation Reduction Act, senator says

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Democrats in Washington awarded a $50 million grant, under the Inflation Reduction Act, to the pro-Hamas and antisemitic group Climate Justice Alliance in December, according to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). “We went to the...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2015. Credit: U.S. Mission/Eric Bridiers.

John Kerry to visit Jerusalem as part of Mideast working trip

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John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will visit Jerusalem as part of a May 31 to June 7 trip that will also take him to Amman, Dubai and Oslo, the U.S. State...
The Dead Sea Boat will operate Sunday through Friday. Photo by Noam Bedein.

Saving our water, repairing the seas

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Water is the source of all life. From the purifying waters of the mikvah ritual bath to the great flood and Noah, to the wells of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to annual prayers for...
"Earth Poetica" by Beverly Barkat. Photo: Michael Amar.

New Jerusalem exhibit demonstrates how plastic is ‘suffocating Earth’

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“Warning: Plastic packets may be dangerous. Full stop.” This is the typical warning label on those small plastic packets of silica gel that are tossed into food packaging, shoe boxes, electronics wrapping and more. Not...
Experts from the European Union, Egypt, Germany, Israel, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco in the second part of “Regional Climate Innovation Roundtables,” focusing on food security amid desertification in the Middle East, Nov. 16, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

EU roundtables focuses on desertification, food security across Middle East

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Representatives from the European Union, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, and Frontier RNG met on Tuesday as part of  “Regional Climate Innovation Roundtables” on food security in the face of desertification with...
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (center) is flanked by alongside British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Source: Twitter.

At Glasgow, Palestinian Authority blames Israel for environmental woes

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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh blamed Israel’s “occupation” for his people’s environmental issues in his address to world leaders at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland on Monday. “In #COP26, we affirmed...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Oct. 24, 2021. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/Pool

Bennett declares tackling climate a new Israeli national security interest

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Israel on Sunday approved a new plan to combat climate change, with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declaring the “climate crisis” to be a new Israeli national security interest. The plan, developed jointly by Israeli...
View of salt formations on the Dead Sea shore, July 7, 2020. Photo by Mila Aviv/Flash90.

What next for the Dead Sea?

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Hundreds of people undressed for a nude photo shoot last week to bring attention to the Dead Sea, a unique body of water bordered by Israel and Jordan at the lowest point on Earth—1,380 feet below sea...
Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg speaks during a Conference of Heads of Local Authorities, in Ramat Negev, southern Israel, July 22, 2021. Photo by Flash90

Israel joins world’s carbon-free bandwagon, but some wonder if it makes economic and scientific...

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Israel’s government unanimously agreed on July 25 to adopt a low-carbon economy, “part of its commitment to the global effort” to reduce greenhouse gases. It’s the first time that Israel has set a national...
Disposable utensils. Credit: Pixabay.

Israel’s Technion to scrap throwaway cutlery for more sustainable alternatives

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In less than three months, on Oct. 1, the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology will stop buying disposable utensils. The decision by Technion executive vice president and director general Professor Boaz Golany came after a lengthy...