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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

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Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
December 11, 2023, 1:20 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 11: Day 66 – Has Hamas head Yahya Sinwar lost Gazans’ support?
Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani describes the mood inside the Gaza Strip; environment reporter Sue Surkes on the war’s impact and a harrowing tale of heroism on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Laura Bellows, now Dayenu's director of spiritual activism and education, waves matzah as she encourages major financial organizations to divest from fossil fuels at a rally in Washington, DC, April 20, 2022. (Bora Chung | Survival Media Agency / Courtesy of Dayenu via JTA)
August 30, 2023, 1:32 am
US Jewish activists pass on massive climate march scheduled for Rosh Hashanah
Sandwiched between the UN Climate Ambition Summit and Yom Kippur, the March to End Fossil Fuels falls in a narrow window that excludes some US Jews, while others embrace it
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Artist's image of Noah's ark (Javier_Art_Photography via iStock by Getty Images)
July 2, 2023, 3:58 pm
Poet brings biblical Noah into familiar territory of urban Israel, and climate change
‘The Book of Noah’ is Yoni Hammer-Kossoy’s ode to the environment and his backyard, along with the high-tech industry he left behind
By Jessica Steinberg
FILE - President Joe Biden talks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2023, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
May 28, 2023, 1:28 pm
Daily Briefing May 28: Biden gets serious about fighting antisemitism
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on White House’s 60-page plan, Israeli NGOs’ foreign government funding; environment reporter Sue Surkes on sea urchin die-off, return of Gaza wetlands
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Laura Bellows, now Dayenu's director of spiritual activism and education, waves matzah as she encourages major financial organizations to divest from fossil fuels at a rally in Washington, DC, April 20, 2022. (Bora Chung | Survival Media Agency / Courtesy of Dayenu via JTA)
May 14, 2023, 4:42 am
US Jewish institutions awaken to climate crisis, with hundreds pledging action
Long a top priority for American Jews, climate change hasn’t been high on the agenda for the organizations serving them – but that’s beginning to change
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
IMAGE: In this March 13, 2021 file photo, Jewish and Arab Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against police inaction, the surging crime and violence in Arab communities. (Flash90)
May 7, 2023, 1:12 pm
Daily Briefing May 7: With 14 dead in a week, what’s sparking the spike in violence?
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on rise in murders, shooting of Dee terrorists and BlueWhale submarine; environment reporter Sue Surkes on failed obligations and Tolerance Museum
By ToI Staff
Water surrounds the coast of Cabo da Roca near Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP/Michael Probst)
April 23, 2023, 4:42 am
On Earth Day, glimpses of a changing planet as seen from above
Across the world, activists are keeping pressure on governments and companies to do more to protect the environment and fight climate change
By AP
Women protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on February 20, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 20, 2023, 1:37 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 20: Fateful day at Knesset as judicial overhaul set for 1st vote
Editor David Horovitz speaks ahead of landmark reading of bill that shifts judicial appointments; environment reporter Sue Surkes on stinky garbage grab by Interior Ministry
By ToI Staff
Excavations of ancient copper mines as part of Tel Aviv University’s Central Timna Valley Project. (E. Ben-Yosef and the Central Timna Valley Project)
September 29, 2022, 1:14 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 29: Solomon’s mines ruin environment and the fate of a rebel MK
Environment reporter Sue Surkes on complex nature of tree planting in arid lands, tips to decrease holiday waste; political correspondent Tal Schneider on election legal petitions
By ToI Staff
A chameleon on an avocado tree. (Courtesy, Milopri farmers)
September 13, 2022, 8:12 am
1st-of-its-kind rewilding project links disused farmlands in eco-corridor
Ability of insects, small animals, plant species to migrate safely between areas is expected to boost biodiversity, benefit avocado orchards, meet EU eco-agriculture standards
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photograph of drilling oil on land. (bashta, iStock at Getty Images)
August 7, 2022, 2:58 am
How US Jewish philanthropies sprung from oil fortunes are handling climate change
At least a dozen major dynasties have been involved in the fossil fuel industry, and they follow diverse giving patterns when it comes to environmental causes
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Part of the plan for greening Jerusalem's Hebron Road. (courtesy, Yossi Saidov)
August 2, 2022, 2:13 pm
Daily Briefing August 2: Tightening belts: Inflation and a ‘road diet’ for Jerusalem
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur says Israel’s prices should be no higher than New Zealand’s; environment reporter Sue Surkes on offsetting carbon in the air with forests
By ToI Staff
Renewable energy wind turbines as seen next to the snowy peaks of Mount Hermon on January 3, 2021, in the northern Golan Heights. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
July 19, 2022, 12:20 pm
Daily Briefing July 19: Wind turbines — green or greed? Depends how you spin it
Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn updates us on the Labor primaries and upcoming Meretz race; environment correspondent Sue Surkes talks glowing corals and Ruti the hyena
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: Then-US vice president Joe Biden at the President's residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
July 10, 2022, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing July 10: All about the Biden trip, Boris exit and Israeli biome
Editor David Horovitz weighs in on goals of US president’s trip to region; environment reporter Sue Surkes talks desalinated water piped into Galilee & fungi as building material
By ToI Staff
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