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Illustrative: Construction of the new Tel Aviv Light Rail, on Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa-Tel Aviv on February 25, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
July 12, 2026, 9:11 pm
40 groups contest move to dilute environmental oversight of big projects
Planners propose generic impact tests to speed up development, but critics say Environmental Protection Ministry only body to provide science-based protection for public
By Sue Surkes
Aerial view of Emek Hefer. (Guy Shmueli)
July 4, 2026, 10:44 am
Push for gas-fired power plants throws rural Israel into turmoil
Plan for up to 13 new stations to bolster country’s electric grid divides communities, as state puts sensitive land deals in hands of private entrepreneurs
By Sue Surkes
View of the Sea of Galilee. (Dov Greenblat/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
May 4, 2026, 2:24 pm
Sea of Galilee trail plan that keeps parts of shore off-limits to public sparks outcry
Green groups fight to stop national planners from okaying fences, locked gates and bypass routes along parts of 32-km stretch of Sea of Galilee hiking route
By Sue Surkes
Construction works on new housing in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, July 29, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 28, 2025, 3:25 pm
Over 20 civil society, green, health bodies call for changes to key budget bill
Organizations want removal of proposed planning changes with environmental, health implications from catch-all Economic Arrangements Bill that limits public discussion
By Sue Surkes
Israelis hike the Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve and enjoy the Yehudiya waterfall trail featuring cascades and pools down a 400-meter vertical drop, central Golan Heights, October 23, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 17, 2025, 11:34 am
Environment Ministry slams Treasury attempt to weaken it, roll back green progress
Draft economic arrangements bill would allow infrastructure projects in national parks, nature reserves, set up waste-management authority ‘focused on cost’
By Sue Surkes
An abandoned lifesavers' station at the Kiryat Hayyim beach in northern Israel. (Courtesy, Zalul)
July 8, 2025, 5:31 pm
Environmental groups appeal against ‘outdated’ breakwater project on Haifa beach
Lamenting absence of policy to deal with Mediterranean beach erosion, Zalul and Adam Teva V’Din say newest plan will obstruct views, endanger bathers, create pollution
By Sue Surkes
A view of some of the newer neighborhoods in the Negev city of Dimona, December 21, 2020. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2025, 9:38 am
Judge halts major Dimona housing plan over absence of environmental impact study
Citing ‘significant flaws,’ Beersheba Administrative Court sends plans for expansion of Negev desert city back to planning committee for further work
By Sue Surkes
The off-grid technology hub at the Alfoura School in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
December 16, 2024, 10:00 am
Pioneering Bedouin school models sustainable, solar-powered living
First-of-its-kind project, which engages pupils in tech research, stars at confab on solar energy for Bedouin, where planners also announce green light for three new solar fields
By Sue Surkes
Artist's impression of the new tower planned for the Epstein Compound in Jerusalem, nicknamed the 'Jerusalem Burj,' as seen from Yad Vashem. (AS+GG- Smith-Gil Architecture. Local architects Studio Yigal Levi Architects)
September 23, 2024, 6:44 pm
District planners approve controversial ‘Jerusalem Burj,’ rebuff most objections
Deputy Mayor Havilio vows to keep up opposition, says planners have broken own rules on building height and don’t think about preserving character of capital
By Sue Surkes
Heritage sites within the Mikveh Israel Youth Village in central Israel. (Haim Shafir)
July 16, 2024, 12:23 pm
Central Israel residents demand access to massive green space just beyond a fence
Zoned as a school, the historic Mikveh Israel Agricultural Youth Village in central Israel says it’s not a park but an educational site and farm, with heritage value
By Sue Surkes
Residential homes, severely damaged during Hamas's October 7 onslaught on southern Israel, line a street in the Olives Neighborhood of Kibbutz Be'eri on January 1, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
April 17, 2024, 12:10 pm
Nature org urges opposition to ‘draconian’ proposals for rebuilding Gaza border area
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel holds emergency meeting to warn that new committees proposed in draft law memorandum will empower government, at expense of residents
By Sue Surkes
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