Zafrir Rinat

Says move will allow him to continue his activities for social justice and the protection of nature.

Government due to make another major decision concerning a canal to be dug to the Dead Sea from the Red Sea, in a project dubbed the 'Red-Dead canal.'

Shark fishing is illegal in Israel since 42 percent of the 70 shark species in the Mediterranean Sea are in danger of extinction.

Strike, which was called by the Histadrut, has paralyzed Israel's public sector since Wednesday.

The neoliberal coalition will try to solve urgent problems only and refuse to allocate resources to the environment because "there are more important matters." It will not allow Israel to address pollution, overcrowding and the depletion of our natural resources.

The Dead Sea certainly deserves to be considered one of the wonders of the world. But Israel and Jordan currently are unworthy candidates to care for it.

Green building standards, like the Environmental Protection Ministry's public service broadcasts urging a change in consumption habits, are currently directed mainly at the well-off.

Netanyahu insists on seeing nature and landscape as no more than an obstacle to the realization of his settlement vision.