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Tel Aviv under heavy haze, February 14, 2026. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
February 14, 2026, 12:46 pm
Severe dust storm pushes Jerusalem, Tel Aviv to top of global pollution index
Health Ministry urges people with heart or lung conditions, the elderly, children, or pregnant women to avoid going outside as high winds sweep Sahara sand into country
By ToI Staff
Palestinians burn electronic waste illegally near Azzoun, in the Qalqilya Governorate, northern West Bank, November 24, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
December 18, 2025, 6:43 pm
Katz, Smotrich declare West Bank waste fires a security issue, unveil emergency plan
Plan allows for seizure of Palestinian waste trucks, large-scale waste removal, the establishment of a new waste disposal site in the central West Bank; costs to be imposed on PA
By Stav Levaton
A fire lit to burn waste in the West Bank, as seen from the northern Israeli town of Harish, October 2025. (Dolev Hilell)
December 17, 2025, 3:23 pm
‘Stay indoors’: Health Ministry tells central town to shelter due to toxic waste fires
In rare move, ministry instructs some Shoham residents to close windows, turn off air conditioning to protect themselves from pollution from illegal West Bank fires
By Sue Surkes
A rally marking 30 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, with participants holding signs that read, 'Rabin was right,' near Rabin Square on November 1, 2025 (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 3, 2025, 2:43 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 3: Day 759 – Israel marks 30 years since Rabin’s death
Political correspondent Tal Schneider on the changes in the 30 years since Rabin’s assassination; reporter Sue Surkes discusses pollution in West Bank and Hadera
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Sue Surkes
Hazy weather over Tel Aviv amid high levels of air pollution, April 18, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
August 28, 2025, 7:41 am
Israel’s greenhouse gas emissions have barely shifted since 2015 — report
Environment Ministry’s annual pollution index shows that share of fossil fuels in electricity generation highest among OECD countries in 2023. Pollution cost state NIS 37 billion
By Sue Surkes
People walk across the light rail tracks on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem during a hazy summer day, August 11, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 11, 2025, 1:16 pm
Hazardous air pollution warning issued in Jerusalem amid record-nearing heatwave
Environmental Protection Ministry says elderly, pregnant women, children, and any other sensitive people should avoid strenuous outdoor activity
By ToI Staff
The Ashdod oil refinery in 2014. (Ilan Malster)
March 27, 2025, 6:41 pm
Oil refineries, phosphate mines, perform worst on environmental impact index
12th annual index scores environment risk posed by 125 large industrial plants belonging to 46 public and government companies
By Sue Surkes
View of the Orot Rabin power plant at Sdot Yam beach, central Israel, April 11, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 21, 2024, 7:20 pm
Just 25% of planned steps to cut emissions completed by ministries – report
Environmental Protection Ministry’s annual update on implementation of 241 policy measures is latest in string of reports slamming government’s inaction on climate change
By Sue Surkes
Carmel Olefins in the Haifa Bay, northern Israel, in an undated photo. (Ilan Melster)
May 20, 2024, 1:35 pm
Bazan oil refinery group and subsidiaries fined almost $1 million for pollution
Haifa Magistrate’s Court decision to fine Carmel Olefins $275,000 comes less than two weeks after Environmental Protection Ministry gave it a $5 million fine
By Sue Surkes
Hazy weather over Jerusalem amid high levels of air pollution, April 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
April 18, 2024, 2:21 pm
Health, environment ministries issue warning over high levels of air pollution
Poor air quality a result of dust blowing in from North Africa; ministries advise at-risk populations and general public to minimize outdoor exposure until the air clears
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The unrecognized Bedouin villages around the Ramat Hovav industrial area in southern Israel suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby chemical evaporation ponds and an Israel Electric Company power plant, December 28, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
December 28, 2023, 11:43 pm
Exposure to polluted air in Israel up to 3.5 times global target levels
Air quality review, included for first time in Central Bureau of Statistics’ quality of life index, shows high levels of particles linked to heart disease and asthma
By Sue Surkes
A pedestrian walks on a bridge above vehicle traffic in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, as the city is enveloped under thick smog. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
August 29, 2023, 9:59 am
Worse than smoking: Air pollution is greatest global threat to human health
Major study shows fine particulate air pollution affecting life expectancy rates more than smoking or alcohol; South Asia worst-hit, but great improvement in China
By Issam Ahmed
Illustrative photo of fruit and vegetables in the Mahane Yehuda market, October 13, 2017. (Stuart Winer/Times of Israel)
May 2, 2023, 4:00 pm
Number of Israelis harmed by pollution more than doubled in past decade — ombudsman
Annual state comptroller report slams agriculture and health ministries for failing to control pesticides, pillories Environment Ministry for not tackling environmental damage
By Sue Surkes
View of the oil refineries and the industrial area of Haifa Bay, October 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
September 29, 2022, 1:06 pm
Bazan Group indicted for pollution for 5th time in seven years
Israel’s biggest oil refinery and subsidiaries, fined nearly NIS 7.3 million for offenses over last 5 years, is now accused of 15 air pollution events at 10 facilities in 2017
By Sue Surkes
Activists demonstrate in favor of closing the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv on April 24, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
September 22, 2022, 2:00 pm
Tel Aviv bus station declared a pollution hotspot
Environment minister’s move under Clean Air Act will force city hall to produce detailed plan to deal with diesel emissions within six months
By Sue Surkes
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