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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

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Palestinian laborers ride a bus en route to the West Bank from working in Tel Aviv area, Israel, Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
August 9, 2022, 7:22 pm
Bus company sorry after driver boots Palestinians at Jewish passengers’ behest
Company says probe found that passenger boarded bus in Bnei Brak and impersonated government official, pressuring rookie driver to force workers off
By Michael Horovitz
April 5, 2022, 10:30 pm
Israel will let West Bank women, kids and some men into Al-Aqsa, despite high alert
Some restrictions for Palestinians eased for Ramadan after series of deadly attacks; Gantz tells Abbas that Israel is ready for more ‘civilian measures’ should calm persist
By Aaron Boxerman
One of phosphate plants. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
February 7, 2022, 7:12 pm
Government issues plan to cut red tape in environmental licensing, help business
Proposals include expanding right of businesses to appeal; advocacy group urges, ‘Don’t let bureaucratic simplification water down environmental demands’
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Public Security Minister Omer Barlev and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai during a ceremony marking the opening of a new police station in the northern Israel city of Kiryat Ata, August 11, 2021. (Roni Ofer/Flash90)
August 12, 2021, 1:46 pm
Daily Briefing Aug 12 – Bennett pushes vaccination, anti-violence unit for Arabs
Military reporter Judah Ari Gross and Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman delve into building permits in the West Bank and a new police unit to fight crime in Arab towns
By ToI Staff
Palestinian workers from the West Bank city of Hebron carry personal belongings as they cross into Israel through a hole in security fence near the West Bank city of Hebron, January 31, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
August 1, 2021, 2:49 pm
Ministers okay granting 15,000 more work permits to Palestinians
Defense Minister Gantz hails ‘important step,’ which he says will boost the economies of both Israel and the Palestinian Authority
By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff
Palestinian workers from the West Bank city of Hebron carry personal belongings as they cross into Israel through a hole in security fence near the West Bank city of Hebron, January 31, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
July 28, 2021, 1:49 pm
Israel to give work permits to 16,000 more Palestinians in bid to strengthen PA
Around 122,000 Palestinians currently work legally in Israel and the settlements, and their incomes are important to a PA economy that has taken tough hits during the pandemic
By Aaron Boxerman
Oil shale rock burns on its own once lit with a blow torch. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
May 31, 2021, 9:21 pm
Planning committee greenlights next stage of oil shale and plastic waste factory
Ignoring pleas from environmental groups to cancel plans, committee members approve Environment Ministry terms for an impact survey to include climate costs
By Sue Surkes
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki at a press conference on September 22, 2020. (WAFA)
March 21, 2021, 8:10 pm
Israel cancels PA foreign minister’s travel documents after visit to ICC
Riyad Al-Maliki’s delegation questioned upon return from The Hague; PA Foreign Ministry charges move is retaliation for war crimes probe
By Aaron Boxerman
An aerial view of the Tamar gas-processing rig off the southern coastal city of Ashkelon, June 23, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 31, 2020, 1:22 pm
After 7 years of operation, Tamar gas rig finally gets emissions license
Also, 4 years after finding that rig was spewing as much carcinogenic material as 570 large industrial plants, environment ministry lauds Texas-based company for reducing pollution
By Sue Surkes
Relatives of the Shalalda family watch as an excavator hired by them demolishes their family home in Al-Tur in east Jerusalem on July 2, 2020 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
August 30, 2020, 10:28 am
Denied legal building permits, some East Jerusalem families raze their own homes
Owners opt to demolish buildings instead of paying city crews; UN study says construction permits are ‘virtually impossible’ to obtain
By Agencies
The Nesher cement plant near Ramle in central Israel. (Screenshot)
July 2, 2020, 12:04 pm
Giant Nesher cement plant gets OK to burn waste for fuel, despite protests
Opponents say new emissions permit will see Nesher factory near Ramle in central Israel discharge even greater amounts of harmful mercury and other chemicals into air
By Sue Surkes
The Nesher cement plant near Ramle in central Israel. (Screenshot)
June 23, 2020, 12:44 pm
Cement giant seeks permission to use more toxic waste, relax pollution rules
Opponents urge Environment Ministry to reject Nesher factory’s bid to use more dangerous waste and metals in fuel, raw materials
By Sue Surkes
Oil shale rock burns on its own once lit with a blow torch. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
May 8, 2020, 4:18 pm
Overruling Environment Ministry, planners advance contentious oil shale project
Rotem Energy Mineral Partnership given go ahead to order environmental survey for plan to mine shale oil in southern Israel, and heat it with plastic waste to create oil, power
By Sue Surkes
A Palestinian shopkeeper outfits mannequins with Santa Claus clothing outside his shop in Gaza City on December 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
December 13, 2019, 2:22 pm
Israel says Gazan Christians can’t travel to Israel, West Bank for Christmas
Citing security considerations, military liaison to Palestinians says permits will only be issued to travel abroad; NGO slams move as ‘extreme violation’
By ToI Staff
The SSCV Thialf crane vessel laying a foundation platform for the Leviathan natural gas field, January 31, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/AFP)
November 6, 2019, 4:57 pm
Environment Ministry issues Leviathan gas platform pollution permit
But Noble Energy Mediterranean Ltd will not be allowed to start production before submitting detailed pilot program and erecting air quality monitoring stations, ministry says
By Sue Surkes
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