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COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber at the end of the COP28 UN Climate Summit, December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 28, 2023, 11:05 am
Little room for optimism after COP28 climate confab, environmental leaders say
One Israeli activist calls Dubai summit a ‘win for maintaining the status quo,’ as lawyer laments that the ‘narrow financial interests of the fossil fuel industry have taken over’
By Sue Surkes
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg attends the Oily Money Out protest outside the Intercontinental Hotel, in London, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
December 7, 2023, 6:48 pm
Greta Thunberg doubles down on anti-Israel stance, accuses it of ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Environmentalist poster child from Sweden is not backing down after participating in ‘crush Zionism’ chants
By Canaan Lidor
From left, journalist Nurit Canetti, Yisrael Beytenu's Sharon Roffe-Ofir, Labor's Gilad Kariv, Meretz's Michal Rozin, Jewish Home's Yomtob Kalfon, Yesh Atid's Idan Roll, Religious Zionism's Ohad Tal and Blue-and-White's Alon Tal, appear on stage during an election event on Israel-Diaspora ties at Tel Aviv's ANU Museum of the Jewish People on October 19, 2022. (Barak Sela/Reut Group/Courtesy)
October 21, 2022, 7:08 am
For a brief moment, frayed Israel-Diaspora ties take center stage in election debate
Labor’s Kariv says party will demand pluralistic policies in coalition deals; Religious Zionism’s Ohad Tal presents friendlier face to Jews abroad, but can’t back it up with plans
By Judah Ari Gross
Conservation of the papyrus in the Israel Antiquities Authority Scrolls Conservation Laboratory. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 7, 2022, 4:05 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 7: Gantz’s new slate and First Temple papyrus returns to Israel
Political writer Tal Schneider discusses National Unity party’s candidates; US correspondent Jacob Magid explains US reaction to Abu Akleh probe
By ToI Staff
MK Alon Tal attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting in the Israeli parliament ahead of the opening of the new school year, August 16, 2022. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 6, 2022, 11:04 am
Green groups press Gantz to give MK Alon Tal realistic spot on electoral slate
Veteran environmental campaigner, who slipped into current Knesset under Norwegian law, is in unrealistic 24th spot on list to be released Tuesday
By Sue Surkes
File: View of Haifa's oil refineries and other industrial areas, on May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
September 5, 2022, 3:36 pm
Pressure mounts on PM to condition sale of oil refineries on shutdown within decade
Court approves billion-shekel debt settlement at public’s expense, while finance and energy ministers approve Bazan Oil Refineries takeover by Israel Petrochemical Enterprises
By Sue Surkes
An invasive ring-necked parakeet in Israel. (Doron Hoffman, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
May 11, 2022, 8:05 pm
89% of Israel’s ecosystems have declined in biodiversity, state comptroller says
Report, which says state has no strategic action plan for dealing with decline, coincides with battle between green organizations, environment minister over biodiversity bill
By Sue Surkes
After meeting for the Negev Summit, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, center left, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, shake hands with Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, front left, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, front right, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
March 29, 2022, 2:54 pm
Daily Briefing March 29: What happens next, after Hadera attack and Negev summit
Times of Israel editor David Horovitz and religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent Judah Ari Gross discuss deadly terror, Sde Boker confab, the Western Wall and MK Alon Tal
By ToI Staff
Blue and White MK Alon Tal at the Knesset on June 30, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
March 28, 2022, 2:26 pm
In rare rebuke, MK pans AIPAC endorsement of Republicans who disputed 2020 election
Breaking from Israelis’ usual unequivocal support for lobbying group, centrist Alon Tal calls its choices ‘outrageous,’ says criticism is necessary for healthy Israel-Diaspora ties
By Judah Ari Gross
Women of the Wall leader Anat Hoffman and URJ president Rabbi Rick Jacobs hold Torah scrolls at the Western Wall complex on March 4, 2022. (Rick Jacobs/Twitter)
March 27, 2022, 5:19 pm
Coalition whip rejects Western Wall deal, says site needs its ‘Orthodox character’
MK Idit Silman’s remarks against compromise that would grant progressive movements greater representation at the Kotel spark criticism from Reform, Conservative Jews
By Judah Ari Gross
Blue and White MK Alon Tal. (Elad Malka)
March 21, 2022, 11:12 am
Antisemites overrun MK’s town hall aimed at mending Israel’s ties with Jews abroad
Blue and White’s Alon Tal forced to reschedule Zoom meeting after haters take over, write ‘Hitler was right’ and profanities onscreen
By Judah Ari Gross
Representatives of the Reform and Conservative movements of Judaism from North America and Israel stand outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem before a meeting on February 28, 2022. (Reform Movement in Israel)
February 28, 2022, 5:23 pm
PM meets Reform, Conservative leaders after 6-year hiatus under Netanyahu
Bennett vows to improve conditions at Western Wall prayer space; MK Alon Tal, who attended sit-down, says he’s optimistic about improving ties between Israel and progressive Jews
By Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left), Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (center), and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend a plenum session in the Knesset, on January 31, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 23, 2022, 11:13 am
‘We’re not just decoration’: New coalition blows are warnings, not yet crisis points
Deeper frustrations than pensions underlie Blue and White’s voting strike, as the party joins resigning minister Eli Avidar in feeling that they always give, but rarely get
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Jewish youngsters plant trees during a Tu Bishvat event organized by the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael in the Ben Shemen forest, February 6, 2012. (Omer Miron/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 6:23 am
New bill seeks to replace British mandate law on protection, planting of trees
Timed to coincide with the annual tree-planting festival of Tu Bishvat, MK Alon Tal will submit proposal to strengthen trees in the face of 21st-century challenges
By Sue Surkes
Reches Lavan, or White Ridge, west of Jerusalem. (Dov Greenblat, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
December 14, 2021, 12:48 am
Lawmakers launch Knesset lobby to save Jerusalem hills from construction projects
Cross-party group, led by MK Alon Tal, will seek to keep all residential construction within city boundaries, as planners delay decision on controversial road
By Sue Surkes
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