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OneDay volunteers from the Hefer Valley in central Israel during training to become emergency rescue workers. (Courtesy, OneDay)
June 16, 2026, 6:14 am
Jarred by Israel’s lack of readiness, volunteer rescuers train for quake they know is coming
With country 99 years into century-long cycle but still well behind on reinforcing structures, social org prepares civilian teams to dig through rubble of thousands of buildings predicted to collapse in temblor
By Sue Surkes
Smoke rises from the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa, following missile attacks from Iran and Lebanon, March 30, 2026. (Anthony Hershko/Flash90)
April 26, 2026, 5:12 pm
Environmental activists threaten High Court petition over data wipe
Environmental Protection Ministry pulled all pollution permits data from website due to emergency request citing Iran’s efforts to target industrial sites
By Sue Surkes
Members of the Knesset Honor Guard, Home Front Command, firefighters, IDF and Israel's Magen David Adom emergency medical services participate in an emergency drill simulating an earthquake near Ashkelon, on December 19, 2019. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
November 25, 2025, 6:30 pm
Israel still woefully unprepared for major earthquake, lawmakers warn
Despite 20 years of warnings, country lacks a central body for emergency preparedness, and efforts to upgrade old buildings are insufficient, Knesset committee finds
By Zev Stub
The coal-fired Orot Rabin power station in Hadera, central Israel, seen from the Hadera Stream National Park, April 25, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
October 29, 2025, 4:27 pm
Residents of most-polluted city fight bid to extend life of coal-fired power station
50 to 250 early deaths in Hadera region attributed to pollution from Orot Rabin annually; despite decision to shut station by 2022, electricity chiefs want extension of 3-10 years
By Sue Surkes
Flames erupt after an Iranian missile attack in Haifa, northern Israel, June 15, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
June 18, 2025, 10:53 pm
Mayors demand government take quick action to compensate victims of Iranian strikes
Daily cost of aiding victims exceeds NIS 15 million, says Federation of Local Authorities; Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav calls on government to ‘not be stingy’ with assistance
By Sam Sokol
Wastewater contaminated by sewage flows into the Shikma Stream in southern Israel. (Atid LeOtef)
February 23, 2025, 8:19 am
Residents say state shirking responsibility over sewage pollution in southern stream
Untreated sewage has been flowing into stream for 9 months after damage at wastewater treatment plant; local official in charge of sewage says he lacks power to punish polluters
By Sue Surkes
Damage caused to an apartment building following heavy rainfall in Ness Ziona, central Israel, November 21, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 4, 2024, 3:07 pm
Knesset panel paves way for controversial climate bill to go to final Knesset votes
Bill, which passed first reading in April, has no budget, allows government to change emission cut targets and delay climate action for up to three years without Knesset okay
By Sue Surkes
President Isaac Herzog (center) and his wife Michal (to his left) pose at the President's Residence in Jerusalem with members of the Israeli delegation to the upcoming United Nations COP29 climate conference in Baku, Ajerbaijan, October 29, 2024. (Mayan Toaf / GPO)
October 30, 2024, 10:24 am
President will represent Israel at upcoming UN climate meet
Addressing delegation that will head to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Herzog stresses importance of regional cooperation when ‘axis of evil tries to close us in from all directions’
By Sue Surkes
Israelis enjoy the beach on a hot summer day in Tel Aviv, June 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 16, 2023, 12:17 pm
Drownings in first half of beach season nearing total for entire period last year
Knesset committee to examine rising toll at the shore, which has seen 21 people lose their lives in past three months, compared to 26 in April-October 2022
By Stuart Winer
In this March 13, 2018 photo, a tractor works at a landfill near the UBQ factory in Kibbutz Tzeelim in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 24, 2023, 8:49 pm
Environment minister succeeds in keeping waste management fund in her office
Interior Ministry backs off effort to gain control of the reserve, which it argued would lead to improved synchronization between the fund and local authorities
By ToI Staff
Cranes lift waste, mostly plastic and paper at the GreenNet recycling plant in Atarot industrial zone, north of Jerusalem, January 25, 2023. (Oded Balilty/AP)
February 20, 2023, 6:56 pm
Ministries of environment, interior squabble over multi-billion-shekel waste fund
Interior Ministry says takeover of fund for waste management was part of coalition deal; Environment Ministry insists bid not based on any professional considerations
By Sue Surkes
Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, former grand mufti of Jerusalem, who is under investigation for incitement. (AP/Joao Silva)
February 15, 2023, 11:26 am
Former grand mufti of Jerusalem to be investigated for incitement to terror
Criminal probe okayed into Sheikh Ekrima Sabri for telling family of Palestinian gunman who killed soldier that the status of a martyr is ‘sublime and divine, and to be aspired to’
By ToI Staff
Members of the Knesset Honor Guard, Home Front Command, firefighters, IDF, Israel Police and Magen David Adom Emergency Medical Services participate in an emergency drill simulating an earthquake at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 13, 2023, 3:12 pm
Israel can expect ‘similar sights’ to Turkey if major quake strikes, official warns
Knesset committee is told that major cities including Jerusalem and Haifa are in danger if disaster hits, chair says state should invest more in preparedness
By Michael Horovitz
MK Mazen Ghnaim speaks during a committee meeting, in the Knesset, October 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 21, 2021, 12:36 pm
Ra’am MK warns coalition in peril as it pushes to connect Arab homes to power grid
The Islamist party is fuming over ongoing disagreements with interior minister Shaked on legislation that would allow illegally built Arab homes to be supplied with electricity
By ToI Staff
An unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev, April 1, 2014 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 6, 2021, 11:55 pm
Bill to connect illegally built homes to power grid clears first Knesset vote
Proposal backed by coalition’s Ra’am party approved 61-48; 130,000 Arab Israelis live in illegally built homes that cannot be connected to national grid
By ToI Staff
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