BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon’s Shiite group Hizbollah on Sunday warned Israel against developing “a single metre” of disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean to search for offshore gas deposits. “The Lebanese government, which is dominated by Hizbollah, will restore the sovereignty of our waters in their entirety,” said Mohammed Raad, head of the Hizbollah group […]

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BEIRUT: Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad has said that the government is standing up to Israel’s theft of Lebanon’s natural resources, and will use any means to combat Israeli aggression. “The resistance is ready to defend Lebanon’s sovereignty, including our waters, and the Israeli enemy won’t be able to drill one meter for oil or gas […]

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By JTA 07/16/2011 10:09 US photographer asks for volunteers to take part in nude photo shoot at Dead Sea for project to raise int’l awareness over its receding water. Talkbacks (14) American photographer Spencer Tunick has posted a registration for volunteers to participate in a photo shoot of nude Israelis at the Dead Sea. Tunick, […]

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By Laila Azzeh AMMAN – Renewable energy may be a major challenge for Jordan, but can also be a great economic opportunity that can place the Kingdom at the regional forefront, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) President Issa Batarseh said on Sunday. “Economies like Jordan must take all necessary political and financial steps to […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/13/2011 01:02 Landau calls for more ‘affirmative action’ for Judea and Samaria residents; 10% of Israel’s solar allocation could be shifted to W. Bank. The cabinet is looking to approve regulations that would allow for the private investment of $120 million to build solar fields in Israeli-held areas of the West Bank. […]

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By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Evaluation of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Programme’s economic feasibility study and the environmental and social impact assessment will conclude later this year, a senior government official said on Thursday. The implementation of the Red-Dead project will commence when results of the studies are finalised and evaluated, Minister of […]

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By Khetam Malkawi AMMAN – Jordanians and tourists alike will be able to enjoy leisure facilities on the shores of the Dead Sea that will be constructed over the next 25 years as part of a master plan that seeks to develop the site. Taha Zboun, CEO of the Jordan Development Zone Company, said the […]

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July 14, 2011 01:02 AM By Emma Gatten The Daily Star BEIRUT: Ask a Lebanese shopper how safe they think the fruit and vegetables they buy are and a typical response is one of wariness. The latest wave of mistrust probably stems from reports that sewage water has been used to irrigate crops, as well […]

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By Humeyra Pamuk Reuters DUBAI – Ali’s air conditioning quietly cools his spacious Dubai apartment around the clock and all year round, even when he is away on holiday. With outside temperatures soaring towards 50 degrees in summer, he likes to come home to his chilled oasis in this skyscraper city sprouting from the desert. […]

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Environment Ministry’s NIS 220 million program will take three years to implement. By Zafrir Rinat The cabinet yesterday approved a cleanup program for the Kishon streambed to remove a layer of contaminated material that has accumulated there over the years. The project, put together by the Environmental Protection Ministry, is to take about three years […]

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Many of Israel’s most unique plant species are not located in nature reserves, and are therefore threatened by development. The Nature and Parks Authority is proposing a solution. By Zafrir Rinat The Israel Nature and Parks Authority is not effectively protecting rare plants in Israel, most markedly in the northern Negev. One problem is that […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/08/2011 05:58 Environmental Protection Ministry says insufficient cleanup cited for stoppage after one of the worst disasters this year. The Environmental Protection Ministry ordered the Eilat- Ashkelon Pipeline Company to cease all operations on the oil pipeline at Nahal Zin – into which 1.5 million liters of oil gushed last Wednesday – […]

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By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Jordanian energy officials have reiterated their commitment to securing alternative energy sources as technical delays continue to stall the resumption of Egyptian gas supplies. According to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaled Toukan, officials are exploring alternative energy sources as Egyptian gas supplies have yet to resume since an […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/07/2011 04:39 Environmental Protection Ministry announces significant improvement in water quality due to cease in wastewater flow from Haifa Chemicals. The Kishon River Authority announced a significant improvement in water quality due to a cease in the wastewater flow from the nearby Haifa Chemicals plant at the beginning of May, a statement […]

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By Hana Namrouqa SHAUMARI WILDLIFE RESERVE – The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) is currently introducing Arabian Oryx from Saudi Arabia to the Shaumari Wildlife Reserve. The measure seeks to prevent inbreeding and subsequent genetic disorders in Arabian Oryx herds in the reserve, according to Shaumari Wildlife Reserve Director Ashraf Halah. “The […]

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Monitoring efforts by the Civil Administration are not preventing large amounts of refuse from Israel proper from being dumped illegally in the West Bank. By Zafrir Rinat An official from the Israel Defense Forces’ Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria, who traveled recently to the Palestinian villages Rantis and Shuqba, near Ramallah, saw a familiar […]

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Cabinet will to try to preempt the move on Sunday. By Avi Bar-Eli The Lebanese government has hired a Norwegian firm to conduct a seismic survey on the border of Israel’s exclusive economic zone. Lebanon intends to parcel out the rights to search for natural gas and oil in the area, which may also include […]

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The era of inexpensive and easily accessible fossil fuels may be drawing to a close, and some Israelis are preparing for it in earnest. By David Sheen * * Published 01:57 08.07.11 * Latest update 01:57 08.07.11 Preparing for the end of the world as we know it The era of inexpensive and easily accessible […]

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While recent data show that the birthrate is gradually declining in their communities, some Haredi women still opt for large families – and careers, too. By Tamar Rotem Each time, the news was declared as if a gong was being sounded: “Mazal tov – you have a new sister.” That imaginary gong was struck every […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 07/07/2011 11:24 Gelatinous creatures muck up filters at Hadera power plant; Global warming, overfishing may be contributing to glut of local species. Over the past few days, schools of jellyfish inundated the seawater cooling system at the Orot Rabin coal power plant in Hadera, requiring a mechanical “trash-rake” to pull them off […]

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