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Israel’s Best-Loved Vegetables Carry Heavy Pesticide Loads

Are Israelis eating a mouthful of pesticides for breakfast? If there's one food group that Israelis love, it's vegetables. In fact, all over the...

6 Slow Food Revolutionaries in Lebanon

With so many reports of tainted, rotten food hitting the market, Lebanese consumers are desperate to source organic, pesticide-free food from responsible suppliers. And...

Jordan Offers Cord Blood Bank for Your Newborn’s…Blood

Is it creepy or clever to peddle insurance against baby’s first diseases? Sure, new parents get showered with adorable gifts and well-intended advice, but then...

Israel’s Cruel Meat Industry Exposed by Watchdog TV Show

With no where to run, undercover cameras expose the cruelty to animals in the Israeli meat industry. An Israel TV commercial about the Adom...

Greenpeace Blasts Turkish Nuclear Energy Institute Over Negligence

As Turkey moves to build its first nuclear power plant, there are troubling signs that the country's nuclear energy institute is not monitoring nuclear...

Zucchini Latkehs Hannukah RECIPE

A healthier spin on the season's  traditional potato pancakes. Hannukah is one of the most fun holidays in the Jewish calendar, maybe because for a...

Organic Farming in Palestine

A back-to-the-land movement is blossoming in the Palestinian Authority.

Jerusalem Cookbook and Green Prophet’s Review

Author of the hugely popular cookbook Plenty, Yotam Ottolenghi teamed up with  co-chef Sami Tamimi to produce a cookbook that will dazzle, inspire, and...

Zööba: Egyptian Street Food Goes Inside

Ordering a foul or falafel sandwich at any fast food chain or street vendor in Cairo puts consumers one step closer to triple bypass surgery....

Israel Strengthens Environmental Ties to Africa: Part 2

Investing in African Agriculture This past April, MASHAV, Israel’s agency for international development cooperation, signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Agency for...

Israel Eases Distance Limit for Gaza Fishermen: But Need for Fish Farming is Evident

Gaza fishermen are now able to sail further out to fish but commercial fish farming  may be a better option Environmental and economic issues facing...

Iraqi Stuffed Grape Leaves RECIPE

In the Middle East, recipes for stuffed vegetables and leaves evolved from a simple, thrifty way with meat to a culinary passion. Careful housewives have...

SARS-like Disease Claims Another Life in Saudi Arabia

A SARS-like respiratory illness has claimed the life of a second person from Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced. The coronavirus...

Smart Bra May Replace Mammograms

A better device for early breast cancer detection is expected to be available in 2013-2014. Any woman who's endured the pain and embarrassment of a...

The White Noise of Smell Made by Israeli Chemists

You can see the color white; you can hear white noise. Now, Weizmann Institute researchers from Israel show that you can also smell a...

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NEOM’s The Line is delayed as Saudi mirage hits reality

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Park Slope food coop boycotts “Gay Tahini” already boycotted by Muslims in Israel

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