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A woman picks out apples at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on June 16, 2015. (Micah Bond/FLASH90)
October 3, 2017, 1:18 am
Israel in 19th place out of 113 countries on food security — study
Access to food drops worldwide, Global Food Security Index 2017 shows, with Israel seen among nations most susceptible to negative effects of climate change
By Sue Surkes
Palestinians walk on a dark street during a power outage in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, June 11, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
June 15, 2017, 7:35 pm
US ‘concerned’ about Gaza crisis but says Hamas responsible
State Department underscores need of 'international support' for Strip's recovery and humanitarian assistance to Palestinians
By TOI staff
Palestinians walk on a street at the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City during a power outage on June 11, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
June 14, 2017, 5:29 pm
UN says Gazans being held hostage to Palestinian feud
Humanitarian coordinator warns further electricity cuts will bring Strip to 'catastrophe' and a 'total collapse of basic services'
By TOI staff and AFP
The Hiriya Landfill Restoration Project, located southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. Food waste dumped into landfill is doubly negative for the environment, because of the environmental costs of producing food. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
January 7, 2016, 7:55 pm
NGO: Israel chucks away more than a third of its food
Food waste costs the Israeli economy NIS 18 billion a year, says Leket Israel, and a minimal effort could make a huge difference
By Melanie Lidman
Yale history professor Timothy Snyder (screen capture: YouTube)
September 19, 2015, 7:30 am
Climate change could cause second Holocaust, says Yale historian
According to Prof. Timothy Snyder, the struggle to feed populations may 'encourage new variations on Hitler’s ideas'
By Gabe Friedman
Cows in Israel.
August 6, 2014, 9:01 am
How bad is beef for Earth? Scientists have number
Producing beef is 10 times as environmentally costly as chicken, pork or dairy, says Israeli-American research
By Andrew Tobin
A fighter in the war-torn Central African Republic. (photo credit: AFP/ FRED DUFOUR)
March 30, 2014, 9:16 am
Global warming will compound security threats, UN panel claims
Landmark report predicts hotter temperatures will lead to fights over resources, worsening global security problems
By Seth Borenstein
In this Sunday, September 22, 2013 photo, a Syrian internally displaced mother comforts her baby at an abandoned area where she and her family have taken shelter after fleeing their village that turned into a battlefield between government forces and Free Syrian Army fighters in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo)
September 24, 2013, 9:31 pm
Aid group: Syrian children face food shortages
Reports claim 4 million Syrians, half of them children, can't get enough food; 'Assad's forces are starving people to death,' say rebels
By Barbara Surk
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