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A slice of pizza. Beta-casein, successfully engineered into a plant at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, is one of the milk proteins responsible for making cheese melts. (Proformabooks, iStock by Getty Images)
August 16, 2026, 2:56 am
Milk from seeds: Israeli scientists produce key dairy protein from safflower plant
Hebrew University researchers say beta-casein, which helps cheese melt, can be found in ‘cream’ pressed from seeds, eradicating need for cows, and slashing costs and livestock emissions
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative image of Holstein dairy cows. (JackF, iStock by Getty Images)
May 12, 2026, 10:13 pm
Farmers urge policy shift on foot-and-mouth outbreak as farms become overcrowded
Calling for new risk assessment and financial compensation, co-op says new Agriculture Ministry guidelines take the wrong approach
By Sue Surkes
A bull grazing on the hills of the Lower Galilee region of northern Israel. (Yair Haklai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
March 17, 2026, 7:29 pm
Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak closes two nature reserves to public
With two wild gazelles already dead, Nature and Parks Authority, Agriculture Ministry, draw line around northern Israel region hit by new strain of viral infection
By Sue Surkes
A live shipment of animals bound for fattening and slaughter in Israel arrives at the port of Eilat on the Red Sea coast on June 19, 2023. (Omri Omessi)
December 18, 2025, 8:17 am
Israeli NGO among 36 organizations calling for global reform of live animal shipping
Groups urge International Maritime Organization to improve conditions for animals shipped for slaughter, citing threats to animal welfare, human life and marine environment
By Sue Surkes
Police clash with ultra-Orthodox demonstrators during a protest against the recruitment of Haredim to the IDF, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2024, 12:55 pm
Daily Briefing July 2: Day 270 – How the IDF could conscript Haredi yeshiva students
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon discusses how the army could address recruitment of ultra-Orthodox young men as per a High Court order, plus a ruling on Jordan Valley livestock
By ToI Staff
Illustrative - Sheep cross a road in the Jordan valley, in the West Bank on June 14, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 23, 2024, 9:03 pm
Seizure of stray West Bank livestock prompts annexation claims in High Court hearing
Palestinian shepherds lodge petition after Jordan Valley Regional Council detains hundreds of animals under municipal bylaws, demands hundreds of thousands of shekels to release them
By Jeremy Sharon
Members of the emergency squad of Safed take part in a drill on April 5, 2024. (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)
April 17, 2024, 1:41 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 17: Day 194 – Tension on 3 fronts; climate bill advances in Knesset
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on northern Gaza, Lebanon uptick, West Bank violence; environmental reporter Sue Surkes on climate, livestock shipment and Jerusalem developments
By ToI Staff
A view of the MV Bahijah, loaded with 14,000 sheep and 2,000 cattle, off the coast of Western Australia, February 1, 2024 (Screenshot: Sky News Australia, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 2, 2024, 1:38 pm
Israel-bound livestock ship back in Australia after 25 days at sea due to Houthi strikes
Ship carrying 16,500 sheep and cattle ordered to turn back amid ongoing Yemen Houthi rebels attacks on Red Sea shipping; officials say animals in good health
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A herd of cattle graze in the Golan Heights (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 24, 2022, 9:48 am
Government deal to boost beef industry pilloried as bad for climate, public health
Agriculture minister says NIS 420 million accord will help cut prices, while rights activists say permanent customs tax exemption on import of live calves is a license for abuse
By Sue Surkes
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