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Illegal burning of electronic waste near Azzoun, northern West Bank, November 24, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
December 29, 2025, 11:54 am
Pirate waste fires choke Israelis and Palestinians as ministers play game of hot potato
Ahead of upcoming elections, lawmakers wake up to citizens’ protests as Environmental and Defense Ministries battle over turf, and as Treasury promises — but doesn’t deliver — funds
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Construction waste. (lusia599; iStock by Getty Images)
December 24, 2025, 7:54 pm
Environment Ministry inaugurates new facility for recycling building waste
Located in Kedumim in northern West Bank, the facility separates materials that can be used again for new building and infrastructure projects, reducing what is sent to landfills
By Sue Surkes
A fire lit to burn waste in the West Bank, as seen from the northern Israeli town of Harish, October 2025. (Dolev Hilell)
December 7, 2025, 11:04 pm
Lack of funds to fight waste fires is a ‘death sentence’ for hundreds, group warns
Citizens for Clean Air says state neglecting health of citizens; Environmental Protection Ministry still negotiating with Treasury to obtain funds
By Sue Surkes
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
A fire lit to burn waste in the West Bank, as seen from the northern Israeli town of Harish, October 2025. (Dolev Hilell)
November 1, 2025, 6:10 pm
As trash burns in the West Bank, NGO sees huge jump in reports of smoke, foul smells
Complaints to clean air NGO nearly triple between August and October; PM urged to intervene, as state agencies point fingers and Palestinian areas lack infrastructure
By Sue Surkes
A plastic bottle cap is removed from the throat of a long-legged buzzard at the Ein Prat Nature Reserve, northeast of Jerusalem, August 6, 2024. (Itamar Telkar)
August 7, 2024, 3:54 pm
Ranger saves life of buzzard with bottle cap stuck in throat
Bird lands next to nature reserve inspector, recovers quickly once the cap is removed; Nature and Parks Authority: ‘Trash harms wildlife, take it home’
By Sue Surkes
One of 12 vehicles seized by the Environmental Protection Ministry's Green Police and the Tel Aviv District fraud unit on suspicion that they were used for the illegal dumping of building waste in Ramat Hasharon, central Israel, August 8, 2023 (Green Police)
August 8, 2023, 5:29 pm
Municipal workers suspected of taking bribes to allow illegal waste dumps
Four suspects from Ramat Hasharon and Taibe taken for questioning by fraud detectives, with further arrests said possible
By Sue Surkes
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