Op-ed: Due to the collapse of Israeli agriculture, farmers don’t have enough money to transport their goods to supermarkets. As a result, farmers have been turning to Facebook in an effort to save their farms and entice people to buy poduce directly them. Shiri Yakovar-Blikov 05.17.16 In an unusual step, a farmer opened his tomato […]

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Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb announced on Wednesday that the Naameh landfill will be “permanently shut at midnight.” He said during a press conference that the dump will then be transformed into a green space. The closure will put an end to months of disputes over the dump that was reopened to resolve a waste management […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – May 19,2016 AMMAN — Residents of South Marka in the eastern part of the capital complained on Wednesday from piling trash, as the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) said people’s unhygienic practices aggravate the area’s sanitation situation. Trash bags, old furniture and large cardboard boxes are thrown on the corners of streets […]

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Monday, 16 May 2016 Dubai is building a sewerage network under its streets, replacing more than 121 pumping stations in a $3.4bln project expected to take five years to complete, UAE daily Gulf News reported. The system works using gravity to transport sewage underground to the processing plant – rather than pumping stations. Director-general of […]

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Experts are looking for radical new ways to tackle a growing concern, but undertaking operations to prevent such damage has been a major challenge. Zafrir Rinat Apr 24, 2016 Almost half of Israel’s agricultural land is at risk of soil erosion, according to estimates by the agriculture ministry division responsible for soil conservation, leading experts […]

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GAZA (Ma’an) — Gaza’s electricity company announced it would return to an electricity rationing schedule of eight-hour intervals followed by eight hours without power for all districts in the Gaza Strip. Spokesperson for the company Tariq Labid told Ma’an that they were informed by the Palestinian Energy Authority that a second power generator was now […]

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State says it is not responsible for oil spill from pipeline established in 1960s in partnership between Israeli and Iranian governments. Zafrir Rinat May 16, 2016 The state refuses to comment on its link with the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company, arguing that at any rate it is wrong to hold the state responsible for the oil […]

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An independent survey reveals that the Hatrurim oil reserve holds from 7–11 million barrels of oil; Israel Opportunity’s, a holder of the drilling license, worth went up by 35%. Amir Rosenbaum 05.01.16 The holders of the Hatrurim land license for oil, located near the Dead Sea, reported on Sunday to the Stock Exchange that according […]

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Ehtesham Shahid Joana Bacallo will celebrate her 30th birthday early next month. The senior stewardess at the Dubai-based Emirates Airline is used to being mid-air on such occasions, taking different flight paths and meticulously attending to passengers. However, this time around a special plan has been taking shape for weeks. Joana’s friends and volunteers – […]

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May 14,2016 AMMAN — The government has allocated JD2 million to deliver drinking water to families that reside in poverty pockets out of municipality borders and receive assistance from the Social Development Ministry and the National Aid Fund, said Issam Majali, the spokesperson of the Planning and International Cooperation Ministry, on Saturday. JD1 million will […]

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Israeli farmer Oren Sabah is seeing both his life’s worth and Israeli agriculture crumble before his eyes. It is up to both the consumer and the Israeli government to rectify this situation, as a nation which isn’t connected to its soil isn’t connected at all. Oren Sabah Published: 05.12.16 I’m sitting on a tractor surrounded […]

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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities’ closure of 35 Palestinian quarries in the occupied West Bank since March is threatening the livelihoods of 3,500 workers and may constitute “collective punishment,” a Human Rights Watch report revealed on Thursday. The Civil Administration, a subsection of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) that handles Israeli […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – May 13,2016 AMMAN — Tree planting is under way in the heavily-populated and polluted Sahab Municipality to reduce dust and gases fuming from over 400 factories and stone quarries, according to Sahab Mayor Abbas Maharmeh. A total of 4,000 trees have been planted across town, Maharmeh said on Thursday, citing plans […]

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By JT – May 11,2016 AMMAN — Jordan on Monday signed a technical cooperation agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to initiate phase 1 of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project (Red-Dead). In the framework of the agreement, three studies will be conducted in terms of […]

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By Dana Al Emam – May 09,2016 AMMAN — Karak residents are complaining about the “poor” conditions of the roads in their governorate, an issue they say raises many questions regarding strategic planning and comprehensive development. For them, the straw that broke the camel’s back was a car accident that took the life of a […]

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By Muath Freij – May 10,2016 A herd of sheep passes through a backstreet near a residential area in Amman recently (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) said Tuesday it will start taking strict measures to prevent the capital’s shepherds from letting their sheep graze in residential areas. Baker Abbadi, […]

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AMMAN — The Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) said Monday it dealt with 9,685 cases of electricity theft in the first four months of 2016. EMRC Chief Commissioner Farouq Hiyari was quoted by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, as saying that around 945 cases have been referred to court. In previous remarks to The […]

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AMMAN — The Ministry of Water and Irrigation said on Wednesday that it has launched a campaign to raise the awareness of school students in communities hosting Syrian refugees on ways to ration the use of water. The campaign is being implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Oxfam, according to a statement […]

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MMAN — The Royal Academy for Nature Conservation in Ajloun, some 70km northwest of Amman, has been shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The project, which was selected by the Master Jury from amongst 348 projects nominated for the 13th award cycle (2014-2016), will be competing among 19 shortlisted projects, according to a […]

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Part of the Middle East and North Africa may become uninhabitable due to climate change May 02, 2016 The number of climate refugees could increase dramatically in future. Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia have calculated that the Middle East and North Africa could become so hot […]

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