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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

COP28 United Nations Climate Conference

IDF reserve units guard a kibbutz near the Syrian border in the northern Golan Heights on October 8, 2023 (Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90)
December 29, 2023, 12:12 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 29: Day 84 – Reservists demand aid as gov’t delays their retirement
Political reporter Sam Sokol discusses reservists as Knesset temporarily extends service age; environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at COP28 + Israel’s environmental progress
By ToI Staff
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
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, center, claps after passing the global stocktake at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 13, 2023, 5:43 pm
Countries at UN climate summit agree on pledge to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels
Nearly 200 nations sign onto document wrapping up COP28 in Dubai, though final agreement is criticized by many as falling short of target and allowing too much wiggle room
By Seth Borenstein, david keyton, Jamey Keaten and SIBI ARASU
File: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war during the COP28 UN Climate Summit, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
December 8, 2023, 11:42 pm
Pro-Palestinian activists bemoan tight restrictions on protest at Dubai’s COP28
Protest group leader complains of limited space for activities, ban on flags, certain slogans; ‘We couldn’t speak about apartheid or about occupation,’ other organizer says
By AFP
France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 2, 2023. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)
December 2, 2023, 11:51 pm
Macron says ‘total destruction of Hamas’ would take 10 years of war
French president says Israel’s objective must be made clear, adds renewed fighting demands greater ceasefire efforts
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israel's President Isaac Herzog (3rd right) shakes hands with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai, December 1, 2023 (Courtesy)
December 1, 2023, 1:08 pm
As truce ends, Herzog, Qatari Emir seen in first public meeting of countries’ leaders
Meeting comes as Qatari-brokered ceasefire with Hamas collapses; President meets King Charles, other world leaders, on sidelines of UN environment summit in UAE
By ToI Staff
This handout photo shows President Isaac Herzog meeting with his Emirati counterpart Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Dubai, November 30, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 1, 2023, 12:16 am
Herzog meets UAE leader on sidelines of climate summit in push to free Gaza hostages
At COP28, Israel’s president appeals for Emirati chief ‘to employ his full political weight’ and help free remaining hostages held by Gaza terror groups since October 7
By Agencies
People walk through the venue for the COP28 UN Climate Summit with the Al Wasl Dome in the background at Expo City, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, NOvember 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
November 30, 2023, 6:41 pm
Israel sending just 28 officials to UN climate confab, in shadow of Hamas war
Foreign Ministry originally planned 1,000-strong group, including ministers, president and PM; pared down pavilion to promote 4 Gaza-area tech companies, hostage solidarity corner
By Sue Surkes
Human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor uses his iPhone in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, on August 25, 2016. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
August 31, 2023, 11:42 am
Rights groups urge US action to free Emirati activist ahead of Dubai climate confab
19 groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International press Blinken to use COP28 conference as leverage on UAE authorities over jailed Ahmed Mansoor
By AFP
An ultra-Orthodox Jew walks outside the army recruitment office in Jerusalem, August 16, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 2:07 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 17: Why the Haredim may halt support for the judicial overhaul
Editor David Horovitz on front-page ads in support of IDF chief Herzi Halevi and how ultra-Orthodox priorities may have shifted; environment reporter Sue Surkes on worst polluters
By ToI Staff
COP28 UAE President Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber attends a joint press conference on the second day of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, on May 3, 2023. (John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP, File)
August 16, 2023, 2:55 am
PR firm says it may tap US Jews to boost image of UAE oil boss ahead of climate meet
Contract signed by former ADL-Israel head Zev Furst and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar proposes mobilizing ties to ‘US Jewish Establishment’ to improve optics in run-up to UN’s COP28 summit
By Sue Surkes
A wildfire burning through the night. (Cathy Withers-Clarke, iStock/Getty Images)
August 3, 2023, 4:22 pm
‘Oppenheimer’ offers a timely warning on the dangers of the climate crisis
Scientists thought the chances of an A-bomb destroying Earth were ‘near zero.’ We know now that climate change could obliterate humanity, but we continue along our destructive path
By Sue Surkes
COP28 UAE President-Designate visits award-winning Kenyan fintech leader M-KOPA on the sidelines of Africa Energy Forum. (AETOSWire via AP)
August 1, 2023, 7:58 pm
UAE to allow climate activists to assemble at COP28 amid ban on unauthorized protests
Abu Dhabi says it will enable protesters to assemble ‘peacefully and make their voices heard,’ earning praise from Climate Action Network International
By Hashem Osseiran
People attend the UAE Climate Tech Forum in Abu Dhabi, May 10, 2023. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)
July 31, 2023, 10:29 am
Green organizations to boycott UN COP28 climate confab in Dubai
Zalul and Adam Teva V’Din cite government’s climate failures, while student-led Green Course plans annual march for climate to coincide with opening day of international meet
By Sue Surkes
A youth walks on cracked and dried up soil at the Hawizeh marshes, which straddle Iraq's border with Iran, in the southeastern Maysan province on October 8, 2022. (Asaad NIAZI / AFP)
July 4, 2023, 7:55 am
Israel to send 1,000-strong delegation to UN climate confab, led by PM, president
Biggest official group so far will take part in 70 blue and white events aimed largely at leveraging climate tech for regional, international partnerships
By Sue Surkes
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