Zafrir Rinat

The 1952 document, which was classified as secret at the time, is in the possession of Adalah, the legal center for Arab minority rights.

Environmental Protection Ministry demolishes Brother Odessa restaurant, one of four unlicensed restaurants, for undermining the public's right to free passage along the beach.

Experts said crocs could get free and reproduce, posing risk to public.

Rights groups say decision to move 30,000 to recognized towns does not conform to international obligations.

Prawer Report plan envisions relocation of Bedouin to recognized settlements, would grant financial and land compensation to evacuees.

SPNI says 16-km barrier near Jerusalem endangers wildlife.

Accident in Nahal Zin reserve happened when workers covering the fuel pipeline that had been damaged on June 29; the pipeline, operated by the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company (EAPC), takes jet fuel to IDF bases.

Tel Aviv’s smaller eastern neighbor, Givatayim fights for small rocky hill, home to a number of endangered species.

Assistant district attorney Avi Licht, who published the document, also determined that the industries have to increase the portion of their profits they pay the state.

Proposal under consideration includes recognition of only some of the unrecognized communities, and arrangements to resolve conflict between the state and the Bedouin over land ownership.

The western Sharon and Western Galilee regions experienced the most serious rainfall on Wednesday; in areas such as Netanya and Ra'anana, measurable amounts of rain recorded.

Soil became tinted when a pipe carrying jet fuel burst while Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company was performing maintenance work on its pipeline in the Tzin Valley in the Negev.

The water level of the Dead Sea rises annually due to salt deposited on bottom during extraction of minerals by Dead Sea Works; it is believed that within a few years the water will flood the hotels.

A recent study by the Technion of building trends in 57 Arab locales, show that building has become increasingly 'compact'.

In a decision, made by a Ministry of Interior appeals committee applying to the nature reserves in the area of the Na’aman Stream east of Acre, give green groups say in matters formerly exclusively in the hands of the Water Authority, which opposed the decision.

Jewish and Arab farmers in northern Israel have recruited avian assistance and adopted a green method of pest control.

According to the law, which was passed as temporary legislation for a period of 18 months, every district will have a special committee authorized to discuss residential construction plans involving at least 200 units.

Ministry says only national effort can handle center's needs.

It is not yet clear whether the document will apply to proposed solutions for one of the area's biggest problems: the threat that Dead Sea Works' evaporation pools will flood the hotels on the sea's shoreline.

An area three times the size of Tel Aviv will be required to meet the demand for housing over the coming decade, says TAMA 35 data.

Ruling comes in response to petition submitted by Yesh Din on behalf of residents of the Palestinian village of Ein Yabrud against building the plant on their land.

Knesset approves preliminary reading of ammendment to allow nonprofit associations to manage national parks.

Elad, which manages the City of David national park, is active in 'Judaization' of East Jerusalem.

Agriculture Ministry's forestry service and Tel Aviv Municipality appraise eucalyptus tree in Beit Ramon as part of new policy placing price tags on mature trees in urban areas that need to be cut down for construction projects.