Hezbollah publishes flyers, video staking claim to contested marine border territory, threatens Israel’s natural gas drilling rigs with missiles; terror group’s combative words came following statements by Lebanese politicians iterating similar position, objection to construction of border fence. Liad Osmo|Published: 02.06.18 Hezbollah began disseminating flyers Tuesday quoting a recent speech by the Lebanese terrorist group’s […]

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Israel describes as ‘very provocative’ a Lebanese offshore oil and gas exploration tender in disputed territory on the countries’ maritime border, saying it was a mistake for international firms to participate; Lebanese PM says Israel sending ‘threatening messages.’ Reuters|Published: 02.01.18 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, whose country considers Israel an enemy state, said the comments […]

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Mustaqbal Rejects Israeli ‘Blackmail’ on Offshore Gas Block – Naharnet Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday stressed “Lebanon’s ultimate right to sign an agreement for exploration and drilling in Block 9,” describing the offshore gas block as “an inseparable part of Lebanon’s Exclusive Economic Zone.” “Lebanon had long ago and according to norms informed the U.N. […]

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Arabs are part of nature, too, but today Arabs are the object of abuse by none other than the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel Odeh Bisharat Feb 06, 2018 According to an Arab proverb, “Michael’s farts don’t bother anybody.” Michael was the village dignitary, and some of those in his presence would […]

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By MOSHE DANN 02/06/2018 A water pipeline from Turkey to Jordan would relieve their water shortage and turn the country’s vast uninhabited desert into an oasis, providing homes and employment for millions of refugees. Almost two decades ago, facing severe water shortages, Israel began to plan for an alternative: desalination. Amidst one of the most […]

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February 2018 Dear Friends, January was another month of strong visibility for our issues. Yesterday, Reuters published this op-ed by EcoPeace’s Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli co-directors, which joins other recent advocacy efforts, such as the INNS-EcoPeace conference and discussion paper and presentation at the Wilson Center, making the case that water can restore hope for […]

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By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 02/01/2018 The satellite found significantly high levels of lead in various places in Israel. A young researcher who has tested samples of soil in various parts of the country and abroad to measure high levels of heavy metals has developed a method to monitor pollution from space. The satellite found significantly high […]

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The Jewish New Year for plants and trees will be celebrated Wednesday with traditional plantings; this year will see concerted efforts to save rapidly dwindling honeybee population from extinction; ‘Plant nectar sources,’ says head of Honey Production and Marketing Board. Yedioth writers|Published: 01.30.18 Thousands of Israelis will be planting trees in forests and urban spaces […]

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Mega-droughts caused by long-term climate cycles devastated the Levant 120,000 and 10,000 years ago, research shows. Now scientists predict it’s going to happen again By Ruth Schuster Jan 21, 2018 Around 120,000 years ago, droughts began to strike the eastern Mediterranean. They would last for thousands of years. Storms from the tropics would briefly flood […]

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By YOSEF I. ABRAMOWITZ 01/28/2018 ‘Sustainability is a Jewish value.’ When God created Adam, He led him around all of the trees in the Garden of Eden and told him, “See how beautiful and praiseworthy all of my works are. Everything I have created has been created for your sake. Think of this and do […]

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Kingdom obtains best results in its performance on SDG No. 1: No poverty By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Jan 25,2018 AMMAN — Jordan has ranked 80th worldwide and 5th in the Arab world in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index and Dashboards Report recently issued by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which analyses the […]

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Kingdom has highest photovoltaic capacity in region By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Jan 23,2018 AMMAN — Jordan is the 3rd country in the Arab world in renewable energy capacity, according to an infographic on the state of sustainable energy capacities in the region recently issued by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). The Kingdom showed […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Jan 24,2018 AMMAN — Lab tests showed that water of the Lahtha spring in Tafileh does not contain “worrying pollutants”, dismissing local residents’ claims that “the poisonous water killed their sheep.” Results of lab tests conducted by the Royal Scientific Society and the Ministry of Health on samples from the spring […]

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Under the supervision of the High Relief Committee and at PM Saad Hariri’s orders, trucks have started Tuesday removing the trash that accumulated on the Keserewan shore after rough waves broke down a faulty retaining wall around a coastal dump just east of Beirut, spilling the trash into the sea. Maj. Gen Mohammed Kheir, the […]

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By PHILIP ISSA Associated Press Jan 23, 2018 ZOUQ MOSBEH, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s festering trash crisis came crashing ashore this week, after residents woke up to find a powerful winter storm had laid a mantle of waste at a beach just a few minutes’ drive north of the capital, Beirut. The scenes were a […]

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Storm carries massive rubbish pile to shores of Lebanon – Al Jazeera 23 Jan 2018 Large amounts of rubbish have washed ashore on beaches north of the Lebanese capital as a result of a heavy storm, reigniting debate about the rubbish crisis that has for years plagued the country. According to local media, the rubbish […]

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To bird lovers, the scenes are upsetting. Dozens of dead buzzards lie on a carpet of feathers on a rocky hill in northern Lebanon. Hunters pose with their catch — scores of calandra larks, known for their melodious birdsong, arranged neatly on the hoods of their Land Rovers. Great white pelicans, protected both in Europe […]

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Abu Dhabi has completed the construction of the world’s largest reserve of high-quality desalinated water, officials announced on Monday during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The reservoir, costing Dh 1.6 billion and located in Liwa in Al Dhadra region of Abu Dhabi, has 5.6 billion gallons of water stored in it, which is sufficient to […]

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Gazans are forced to buy water at six times the standard rate from private enterprises Zafrir Rinat Jan 21, 2018 Almost all of the drinking water in the Gaza Strip is impotable because of sewage pollution or high salinity levels, according to data presented last week by a hydrologist who advises the Palestinian Water Authority. […]

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Reuven Rivlin says many residents in Gaza Strip will be left without sanitary conditions and clean drinking water, rejects accusations that Israel is responsible for situation Almog Ben Zikri Jan 21, 2018 Israeli president Reuven Rivlin warned Sunday that the Gaza Strip is on the verge of collapse and blamed Hamas for the dire situation […]

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