Tag: Palestinian Authority

EcoPeace gets peacebuilding award

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association gave its recent award –– the 2025 Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding –– to EcoPeace leaders Nada Majdalani, Yana Abu Taleb, Gidon Bromberg, and Tareq Abu Hamed. The award honors their work in addressing complex environmental challenges through trust-building, dialogue, cooperation, and joint action among communities in Palestine, Jordan, and Israel.

War stressful for geckos and reptiles

What is the taste of honey from bees collecting pollen during a war? Do snakes feel stress? A new study shows that war impacts the least expected creatures 

Gay Palestinian beheaded while waiting for asylum to Canada

Ahmad Abu Marhia was beheaded just two months before he was due to start a new life in Canada; images of his body left outside his parent's house in Hebron, The Palestinian Authority circulated on social media. Beheaded for loving men.

17MW solar power project, the biggest PV project yet for Palestinians!

This 1.5 MW solar PV project in Jericho was the largest solar energy installation in the West Bank, until...

Palestinians cultivate the West Bank’s first organic mushrooms!

It's been weeks since a Palestinian vegetable vendor from the West Bank town of Jericho last imported mushrooms, selling instead...

Palestinians and Israelis at peace with the sea

Another terror attack today in Jerusalem. Vengeful and permanent acts of aggression that leave no room for negotiation. I...

Israel’s first natural gas customers to be Palestinians

Israel's Leviathan Partners natural gas production consortium has signed its first gas export agreement with a Palestinian power company. The...

Palestine’s First Bike Lane in Jericho Brings Oldest City Up to Speed

Biking enthusiasts in Palestine have welcomed the construction of the first cycle lane in the Palestinian territories on the...

Refutrees Scratches Eco and Social Itches with Refugee Projects

Today is World Refugee Day. Some good news for a change: Refutrees is a new non-profit that's turning the...

Arabs and Jews Cooperate in Israel to Get Drugs Out of the Water

Why should a Palestinian man care if an Israeli woman is taking birth control pills? A new Israeli peace...

Egypt Flushes Out Gaza Tunnel Diggers With Sewage!

Besides the really terrible ew factor, the consequences for the environment are as equally yuck: the Egyptian army is...

Swine Flu Death Toll in Middle East Region

Are you at risk? Get swine flu updates for the PA, Israel, Yemen, Iraq, Tunisia and Jordan. Health officials in...