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European Union to Help Protect Palestinian Environment

For Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, lack of infrastructure is a big obstacle for protecting the environment.  Old and malfunctioning infrastructure (or often...

Old Israeli Dump Threatens Water Resources in West Bank

Events over the past week indicate that Palestinian surface and ground water resources are in great danger. Last Friday, around three hundred Palestinians protested the...

Bustan Qaraaqa: Permaculture and Empowerment For Palestinians in the West Bank

Although Palestinian environmental activism is clearly on the rise, Palestinians still face a myriad of environmental and social challenges.  These issues often have both ecological...

Ras Al-Ayn: A Model for Composting in Israel!

Israel’s search for solutions to solid waste management has been no secret. Last year, for instance, the Knesset passed new taxes for dumping in landfills,...

Neighbors' Paths: Eco-Tourism AND Eco-Peace!

Over the past few months, we’ve seen a lot of Prophecies about eco-tourism all over the Middle East. There are dozens of eco-travel options in...

Lifesource: Working for Water Justice in Israel and Palestine

Last week I took a tour of unrecognized Bedouin communities in the Negev/Naqab, similar to the one that James did with Rabbis for Human Rights....

A Green Prophet Finds West Bank In Water Crisis Too!

Israel’s water crisis has been in the news a lot lately. We have all heard how low the Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) is, and...

Electric Cars in Gaza: Necessity is the Mother of Invention!

The Gaza Strip seems like the last place in the world where we would hear good news on the environmental – or any – front....

Palestinian Agro-Industrial Park: A Sustainable Plan?

Leaders from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority concluding talks in Tokyo yesterday with the announcement that they plan to start building an agro-industrial park...

Regional Environmental Hazards and the Red-Dead Peace Conduit

Desalination plant in Israel Earlier this week, Michael Green wrote about Shimon Peres’ “Peace Valley” project, which will create a canal from the Red Sea...
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