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Commuters drive along the Nawab Highway underpass in Tehran on November 3, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 8, 2025, 5:14 pm
Iran to begin restricting water use in Tehran as drought reaches critical levels
President Pezeshkian warns of rationing and potential evacuation of capital city if no rain falls soon, with Tehran’s reservoirs said to only hold supply for some two weeks
By Agencies
Nina Gordon-Kirsch hikes near Salt Springs in California on July 14, 2022. (Courtesy/ Sky Richards)
October 16, 2022, 2:46 am
Thirsty to know where her water comes from, CA Jewish activist hikes to its source
Over 33 days, Nina Gordon-Kirsch walked 240 miles from her California home to the Highland Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now she’s releasing a documentary about her journey
By Melanie Lidman
Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv participate in a baptismal ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho January 19, 2018. (Oded Balilty/AP)
August 18, 2022, 11:10 am
Regional complications leave Jordan River rich in holiness, but poor in water
Efforts to rehabilitate valley conduit stymied as conservationists seek to reverse damage from years of conflict, resource abuse and pollution
By MARIAM FAM
A Jordanian woman harvests green beans at a farm in Ghor al-Haditha, around 80km south of the capital Amman, April 20, 2021. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 6, 2021, 7:17 pm
Jordan faces ‘critical’ drought, but many warn the worst is yet to come
With its water dams crucially low, Hashemite Kingdom, among world’s most water-deficient places, fears a warming planet will make the situation even more severe
By Kamal Taha
Palestinian farmers harvest onions in Jordan Valley in the West Bank, on February 10, 2020. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
July 26, 2020, 6:11 pm
Annexation will threaten region’s water and food security, report says
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies predicts West Bank move would also freeze essential cooperation on environmental issues, likely intensify effects of climate change
By Sue Surkes
Unusual corals like this one have been discovered in the deep sea area of the Palmachim Disturbance 30 kilometers off the Tel Aviv coast. (Haifa University Department of Marine Biology)
June 24, 2020, 9:23 pm
High Court petitioned to stop oil, gas exploration in unique marine habitat
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel says Energy Ministry allowed Greek company to explore deep-sea region despite knowing of site’s great sensitivity
By Sue Surkes
Victor Weis
June 13, 2018, 3:48 pm
Victor Weis
How crowded is too crowded for Israel?
The challenge of population growth needs a new solution: sustainability
Actress Renana Raz in the latest Water Authority public service announcements encouraging Israelis to save water, released on May 22, 2018. (YouTube screenshot)
June 5, 2018, 9:12 pm
Desalination isn’t the magic bullet, Water Authority warns Israelis
In the 5th year of a devastating drought, new campaign reminds Israelis to save water even though the country is no longer dependent on the rains
By Melanie Lidman
Author Seth M. Siegel, and his book, 'Let There Be Water.' (Courtesy)
September 7, 2017, 1:15 pm
Author Seth Siegel to discuss how Israel is winning the world’s water wars
Activist and TV personality will be interviewed on Sept. 11 in front of a live audience by Times of Israel’s Miriam Herschlag
By Yaakov Schwartz
The Imperfect Produce team in front of their warehouse. (Courtesy)
June 1, 2017, 2:37 am
Why ugly produce can be a beautiful thing
Living by the adage that one man’s trash is another’s treasure, this company gives misshapen fruits and vegetables happy homes at discount prices
By Lisa Klug
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