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Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman at the annual Jerusalem conference of 'Besheva' -- the digital arm of the right-wing Arutz 7 media network, February 17, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2026, 11:49 am
Environment minister slams data from her own office as ‘fake news’
Idit Silman blasts NGO for releasing figures obtained through Freedom of Information request showing 83 percent drop in indictments against environmental violators on her watch
By Sue Surkes
Then-prime minister Naftali Bennett and MK Idit Silman in the Knesset, June 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 7, 2026, 9:17 pm
Bennett sues former ally, now a Likud minister, for libel over claim he is mentally unwell
Religious Zionism MK, right-wing TV channel also included in suit, for spreading Idit Silman’s comments asserting Bennett was heavily medicated, unstable during his time as PM
By Jeremy Sharon and Shira Silkoff
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze caused by an Iranian missile at the Neot Hovav industrial zone, near Beersheba, March 26, 2026. (Fire and Rescue Service)
March 29, 2026, 10:42 pm
Iranian missile attack sparks blaze in chemical plant, fears of hazardous leak
No injuries in strike on Neot Hovav industrial zone; Environmental Protection Ministry later gives all clear after locals told to stay away; another missile hits Beersheba, lightly injuring 11
By Emanuel Fabian, Sue Surkes and Agencies
Right-wing activist Mordechai David blocks the vehicle of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak outside a conference held by the Movement for Quality Government in Tel Aviv, January 28, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 29, 2026, 8:01 pm
Cops reportedly probing right-wing agitator who blocked ex-judge Aharon Barak’s car
Investigation said opened into Mordechai David, other activists over incident targeting former Supreme Court president; Environment Minister Silman praises David, who is unrepentant
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 4, 2025, 12:45 am
Environment minister requests $41 million to tackle polluting West Bank waste fires
Describing fires as Palestinian ‘terror,’ and calling for ‘environmental sovereignty,’ Idit Silman says Israel will deduct costs from Palestinian taxes
By Sue Surkes
The Dudaim dump site is the biggest landfill in Israel, near the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, August 10, 2016. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
December 2, 2025, 5:52 pm
Drowning in garbage: Council heads warn waste sector facing ‘systematic collapse’
160 mayors appeal to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, saying local authorities can’t cope, criminals taking over, infrastructure poor and outdated
By Sue Surkes
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman attends a rally in Jerusalem for the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, on February 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 24, 2025, 7:39 pm
More Likud ministers join panel to define mandate of coalition’s controversial Oct. 7 probe
Families of October 7 victims denounce government committee as a ‘cover-up,’ slamming ministers who oppose an independent inquiry into the Hamas-led atrocities
By Ariela Karmel
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman presents key aspects of a new plan to deal with illegal waste burning in the West Bank, in Modi'in, central israel, November 4, 2025. (Asi Efrati, Government Press Office)
November 4, 2025, 8:57 pm
Environment minister unveils key points of plan to fight West Bank waste fires
Plan includes boosting enforcement, expanding West Bank infrastructure; environmental NGOs praise transparency, but ask to see budgets, timetables
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits at the Tel Aviv District Court ahead of his testimony in the corruption trial against him, October 15, 2025. (Reuven Kastro/POOL)
October 22, 2025, 11:39 am
Likud cabinet members call on president to pardon Netanyahu amid corruption trial
Letter from ministers and deputy ministers comes after Trump asked Herzog to grant pardon; president has reportedly sought to end trial, but request must come from PM or a relative
By Jeremy Sharon, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Then-Herzliya city council candidate Rafi Chaim-Kedoshim speaks at a September 2023 campaign event in the city as ministers, including Galit Distel Atbaryan (left) look on. (Screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
October 8, 2025, 5:50 pm
Cabinet ministers to celebrate Sukkot with convicted criminal turned party activist
Senior Likud members set to attend festive event sponsored by party activist Rafi Chaim-Kedoshim, who has been convicted for acts of violence, kidnapping and extortion
By Sam Sokol
L-R: Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman attends a rally for the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip in Jerusalem, February 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Yarden Mann seen at a court hearing at the Rehovot Magistrate's Court, September 17, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
September 17, 2025, 6:11 pm
Woman acquitted of alleged 2024 assault on Environment Minister Idit Silman
Judge says Silman ‘had difficulty giving reasonable version’ of events,’ slams police for ‘rushing to draw conclusions’ and questioning suspect Yarden Mann on her political views
By ToI Staff
Israelis attend a rally calling for action against climate crisis and the ecological crisis in Tel Aviv on October 29, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 7, 2025, 8:06 am
Israel’s government is also at war with the environment
By caving to populist media and political pressure, the coalition has turned science-based environmental policies into a political battleground
By Aviv Lavie
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman attends a plenum session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 18, 2025, 1:41 pm
Green groups petition High Court to enforce NIS 11 million government funding pledge
Representing environmental organizations, Adam Teva V’Din says environmental protection minister’s refusal to issue calls for the cash is ‘legally unfounded’
By Sue Surkes
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman attends a rally for the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip in Jerusalem, February 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 3, 2025, 8:35 pm
Green NGOs appeal to attorney general against environment minister’s refusal to release funds
Group warns that Idit Silman’s decision not to call for grant proposals for NIS 11 million approved by special fund could ‘bring smaller organizations to their knees’
By Sue Surkes
Aerial view of damage caused in Canada Park forest, due to massive wildfires raging around the Jerusalem hills area a few days ago, photo taken May 3, 2025. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 6:46 am
Left in ashes by wind-whipped inferno, Canada Park grapples with near-total devastation
70% of the reserve was torched in last week’s Jerusalem-area fires, laying waste to hiking and cycling trails, but forester Nitai Zakharia says park will be back, even if it takes decades
By Charlie Summers
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