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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

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Renewable energy wind turbines as seen next to the snowy peaks of Mount Hermon on January 3, 2021, in the northern Golan Heights. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 25, 2023, 6:22 pm
Work on Golan wind turbines that sparked unrest expected to resume next week
Druze community still opposes project; construction first expected on turbines that are furthest from protesting communities
By ToI Staff
Tear gas fumes fill the air as members of the Druze community gather with their flags in a protest against an Israeli wind turbine project near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on June 21, 2023. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
August 14, 2023, 3:19 pm
Netanyahu lets deadline for resuming work on controversial Golan wind farm slip by
After project sparked massive protests in Druze community, PM’s office told energy firm it could resume work by August 1, but committee has yet to present its findings
By Omer Sharvit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 29, 2023, 10:48 pm
Druze community urges Netanyahu to review Golan wind turbine project, alleging fraud
Following mass protests, community leaders send letter to PM presenting alleged evidence of a series of irregularities in approvals, including impersonation of Druze landowners
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 25, 2023, 5:58 am
Netanyahu announces brief pause to wind turbine construction in Golan Heights
PM says project on hold until after Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday; follows Druze leader’s warning against a community reaction that ‘the country has hitherto not seen’
By ToI Staff
File: Muafak Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel, at a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 24, 2023, 5:50 pm
Druze leader: Golan wind turbine project must stop or face unprecedented response
Muafak Tarif speaks at emergency meeting over controversial project that has enraged Druze living on the plateau
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (center-right) meets with Druze spiritual leader Mowafaq Tarif and members of a Druze community council, June 22, 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 22, 2023, 11:35 pm
After Druze riots, Ben Gvir says wind farm construction will pause for holiday
National security minister, who took hardline approach to protests, confirms project will halt for Eid al-Adha next week in a message delivered alongside Druze leadership
By ToI Staff
Druze community members protest against the construction of a new wind farm in the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 2:58 pm
Ben Gvir overrules police on freezing wind farm project, despite riots – reports
Far-right minister vows work will continue despite two days of protests, violence; police chief reportedly wanted contentious work paused until after next week’s Eid al-Adha
By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner
Settlement leadership at Evyatar illegal West Bank outpost, June 21, 2023. From left: bereaved father Elisha Guetta, Samaria Council Municipal Chief Rabbi Elyakim Levanon, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Tsofia Borovsky, after whose murdered husband Evyatar the settlement is named. (Courtesy Nachala Settlement Movement)
June 22, 2023, 12:56 pm
Daily Briefing June 22: Settlers retake Evyatar as Eli is promised 1,000 more homes
Jeremy Sharon reports on settler rampages after Tuesday’s deadly terror attack, possible government nod to outpost land grab; Sue Surkes on Druze riots over Golan wind turbine farm
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making a video statement about violent rioting in the West Bank and on the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023. (GPO)
June 21, 2023, 8:24 pm
‘Obey the law’: Netanyahu condemns Druze riots in Golan, West Bank settler rampages
In video statement, prime minister criticizes incidents of unrest, says rioting is unacceptable
By ToI Staff
Tear gas fumes fill the air as members of the Druze community gather with their flags in a protest against an Israeli wind turbine project near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on June 21, 2023. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
June 21, 2023, 3:59 pm
4 Druze seriously injured, 12 cops hurt in massive riots against Golan wind farm
Official warns of ‘intifada’ amid anger at project near farmland; police stress program is legal; protesters said to use live fire, firebombs to try and overrun police position
By Michael Bachner
Enlight Renewable Energy's Genesis Wind project on the Golan Heights in northern Israel, June 2023. (Yehuda Weinberg)
June 14, 2023, 1:34 am
Renewable energy company starts testing first of 39 wind turbines on Golan Heights
Genesis Wind, due to become operational in September, will be country’s biggest renewable energy provider, supplying sufficient green energy to power 70,000 homes a year
By Sue Surkes
Zephyrus Wing Energies Ltd.'s management team opens trade at Tel Aviv Stock Exchange together with TASE officials, April 23, 2023. (Credit: Liat Mandel)
April 23, 2023, 7:38 pm
Renewable energy firm opens trade on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange after IPO
Zephyrus Wing Energies is the first company to list on the TASE since August; raises NIS 145 million at a company valuation of NIS 935 million
By Sharon Wrobel
A dead common kestrel at the foot of a wind turbine at Sirin in 2017. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
July 20, 2022, 5:19 am
Environment minister seeks moratorium on new wind farms to probe impact on nature
Ministry says 200 new turbines, some as high as Israel’s tallest towers, planned for gusty Golan and other areas, endangering wildlife, with protective tech having ‘zero effect’
By Sue Surkes
Renewable energy wind turbines as seen next to the snowy peaks of Mount Hermon on January 3, 2021, in the northern Golan Heights. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
July 19, 2022, 12:20 pm
Daily Briefing July 19: Wind turbines — green or greed? Depends how you spin it
Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn updates us on the Labor primaries and upcoming Meretz race; environment correspondent Sue Surkes talks glowing corals and Ruti the hyena
By ToI Staff
Solar panels in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, October 21, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
June 22, 2020, 1:01 pm
Israelis looking to harness local bromine to produce revolutionary new battery
Technion researchers, US company working to create affordable, rechargeable batteries to store solar and wind power that could ‘bring Israel to forefront of renewables revolution’
By Sue Surkes
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