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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 502

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The unrecognized Bedouin villages around the Ramat Hovav industrial area in southern Israel suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby chemical evaporation ponds and an Israel Electric Company power plant, December 28, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
December 28, 2023, 11:43 pm
Exposure to polluted air in Israel up to 3.5 times global target levels
Air quality review, included for first time in Central Bureau of Statistics’ quality of life index, shows high levels of particles linked to heart disease and asthma
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A blaze and toxic smoke clouds at the Bazan Group's Haifa oil refinery on December 25, 2016. (Israel Police)
February 7, 2023, 12:39 am
Factories with hazardous materials not prepared for earthquakes, ministry warns
50 out of 149 plants deemed at risk have not completed readiness review, says Environmental Protection Ministry, which has just one inspector assigned to issue
By Sue Surkes
Eitan Wertheimer attends a conference at Jerusalem's International Convention Center, on May 8, 2012. (Uri Lenz/FLASH90)
April 4, 2022, 2:20 pm
Billionaire businessman Eitan Wertheimer dies at 70
Nahariya-born entrepreneur became one of Israel’s wealthiest men after US tycoon Warren Buffet bought a controlling share in his company, Iscar
By Steve Leibowitz
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks with Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbivai at the Knesset on October 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2022, 7:49 pm
Government approves planning and construction reform in business sector
PM Bennett and Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbivai announce shortened approval process, new center to issue building permits
By David Brummer
Dead Sea Periclase Ltd. (Shira Sal Webshat, via Israel Chemicals Ltd)
December 30, 2020, 5:04 pm
Israel Chemicals planning to build solar plant in southern Israel
Company says 5.5-megawatt facility, set to supply energy to Dead Sea Periclase Ltd, which produces magnesium products, forms part of overall plan to improve sustainability
By Sue Surkes
Haifa Bay's industrial area, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
August 31, 2020, 4:34 am
Amid shutdown threat, campaign tries to paint polluting Haifa industries green
‘Without industry, there is no Haifa,’ says slogan from a new social media campaign claiming that emissions are down and seeking to shift blame for pollution
By Sue Surkes
Israeli tourists negotiate with a taxi driver at the cruise ship terminal in Old Havana. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2018, 4:11 am
Israeli trade delegation to Cuba may augur a diplomatic thaw
Despite the the lack of formal relations between the two countries, a high-level commercial trip highlights mutual interests and potential prospects
By Larry Luxner
A bottle recycling cage, not unlike the type employed by SodaStream for its ads. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 1, 2017, 6:39 pm
Last bottle recycling factory to close unless government steps in
Aviv Recycling losing millions of shekels a year as low oil prices push plastic prices down
By Sue Surkes
Stef Wertheimer, a self-made magnate, at a graduation ceremony last year (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
From the WebDecember 4, 2015, 5:45 am
Billionaire questions Israel’s tech culture
Independent: A contrarian about Israel’s tech culture, Stef Wertheimer has other ideas about the country’s future
Stef Wertheimer (second right) and Dr. Amir Ziv-Av (far right) stand with Ben Gurion University engineering students at ICME 2015. The students presented a Formula One racecar they designed, March 3 2015 (Photo credit: Courtesy)
March 10, 2015, 6:42 pm
Stef Wertheimer: Zionism needs economic recalibration
High-tech is nice, according to the Israeli magnate, but it will never provide the number of jobs manufacturing does
By David Shamah
Energy and Water Resources Minister Silvan Shalom (center) prepares to turn on the connection that will pump natural gas into a Ramat Hovav factory, the first factory in Israel to use natural gas as its source of power (Photo credit: Courtesy Phibro Israel)
August 8, 2013, 12:04 pm
‘Israel’s dump’ now trailblazer for a better environment
Ramat Hovav, once an environmental minefiled, is reborn as an eco-park — and a center for clean-burning and alternative energy projects
By David Shamah
Illustrative: A Palestinian construction worker in Israel (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 25, 2013, 7:52 pm
Government investigators ignore ‘lying’ Palestinians
Judge excoriates Industry, Trade and Labor officials for racist attitudes toward suspects
By Yifa Yaakov
Shas co-leaders Ariel Atias (right), Aryeh Deri (center) and Eli Yishai address the party on January 27. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
February 20, 2013, 9:53 pm
Shas close to joining coalition, will get 3 ministerial posts
Top party members Eli Yishai, Aryeh Deri and Ariel Atias expected to fill mid-level ministerial positions, according to Channel 10 report
By Adiv Sterman
Illustrative: A woman shops with her son at the Rami Levy supermarket in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 21, 2012, 12:00 am
Paying too much at the supermarket? The Knesset plans to save you money
Legislators are considering a government database that would automatically update shoppers on the price of groceries
By David Shamah
Illustrative: Books on sale for Book Week in Jerusalem in 2011. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebJune 7, 2012, 3:15 am
Minister backs authors in battle for higher book prices
Haaretz: Writers decry Book Week sales as destruction of Israeli literature
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