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Dr. Yosef Gotlieb
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Beating the Nationalist Drum and Israel’s Oil Interests
Israel needs to move away from nationalist oil rhetoric and pursue renewable energy projects instead I was astounded to happen on the full-page advertisement...
International Geographers Explore the West Bank in Search of Common Ground
Following a site visit conducted as part of a meeting of geographers at Ben-Gurion University last week, Dr. Gotlieb reflects on how appropriate technology, bottom-up...
Political Geographers Discuss Borders and Conflict
“Borders, Territory and Conflict in a Globalizing World” was the theme at a conference held in Israel. Experts deliberated on ethnicity, power relations and technology....
"The Deep" Exhibition Focuses on the Planet’s Rarest Life Forms
The Deep, now at The Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem offers a rare glimpse into the biological bounty of the planet’s oceans. Image © Claire...
Israel’s Oil Tycoons Seek Higher Ground: New Challenge for Social Greens
Israel’s offshore oil resource are larger than previously thought, pitting the state against oil tycoons defying demands for a larger public share of oil revenues....
The Deepwater Horizon Debacle: A Tough Lesson for Free Markets Like Israel?
Dr. Gotlieb comments on the disastrous effects of the oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico and the dangers it portends for Israel’s emerging...
Climate Change Denial and the Climate of Fear
Dr. Gotlieb comments on the attempts by economically and politically interested parties to obscure the climate change debate. Scientists are “street fighting” the demagoguery in...
Masdar City: A Diversion from the Crucible of Climate Change
Built on the profits of oil, should Masdar hold the mantle of energy leadership for the world? Yosef asks. According to the Masdar City website,...
Holyland and Israel’s Commons, The Government’s Song
A real estate scandal in Jerusalem reveals Israel’s government’s dangerous stance on the privatization of land development, and use of open spaces, Yosef argues. As...
Environmental Economics? Voice of the Nobelists
Yosef explores Paul Klugman’s environmental economics essay in the NY Times. Klugman and Gore’s words, Yosef finds, may influence decision-makers to slow the gallop toward...
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