David Ignatius of the Washington Post thinks the U.S. could take a lesson from what s happening in Israel namely the formation of a coalition government comprised of leaders holding opposite views on key issues. My view is that if there s a lesson here, it s not the one Ignatius draws. The Israeli coalition government has aptly been described as a car with four different wheels, and every wheel is going
May. 3, 2021
The police say the Holy Sites Authority is responsible for safety at the annual Lag Ba’omer festival on Mount Meron, but the Religious Services Ministry says the police have taken over in that regard and make all the decisions.
The clash comes as the state comptroller announced a “special audit” into the stampede at the festival last week where 45 people were crushed to death. Many Israelis are calling for a state commission of inquiry to investigate the matter.
Police officials say the engineer hired by the Religious Services Ministry recently approved the structures on Mount Meron but did not examine the exit from the bleachers where the disaster occurred or the compounds where the traditional bonfires were lit.
Israel Could Be a âSuperpower of Goodness,â Says Presidential Hopeful Yosef Abramowitz
âI have but one ideological ax to grind, which is the climate,â Abramowitz says
(The Media Line) Yosef Israel Abramowitz, 56, an American immigrant to Israel and well-known environmentalist, announced last week that he will run for the position of president of Israel.
A graduate of Boston University in Jewish public policy and a Wexner graduate fellow at the Columbia Journalism School, Abramowitz has been a pivotal player in putting the solar energy industry on the map in Israel and Africa. He is is president and CEO of investment platform Energiya Global Capital, which finances the development of green energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa, and co-founder of the Arava Power Company at Kibbutz Ketura in Israelâs Arava Desert. He has been named by CNN as one of the planetâs top green pioneers and was nominated by 12 African countries and Belize for the 2021 Nobel Pea
Felice Friedson
“I have but one ideological ax to grind, which is the climate,” Abramowitz says
Yosef Israel Abramowitz, 56, an American immigrant to Israel and well-known environmentalist, announced last week that he will run for the position of president of Israel.
A graduate of Boston University in Jewish public policy and a Wexner graduate fellow at the Columbia Journalism School, Abramowitz has been a pivotal player in putting the solar energy industry on the map in Israel and Africa. He is is president and CEO of investment platform Energiya Global Capital, which finances the development of green energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa, and co-founder of the Arava Power Company at Kibbutz Ketura in Israel’s Arava Desert. He has been named by CNN as one of the planet’s top green pioneers and was nominated by 12 African countries and Belize for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel s environment reporter.
View of the Ashalim solar power station in the Negev desert, southern Israel, on August 21, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
The Energy Ministry on Sunday unveiled a 136-page roadmap which, it said, would enable the energy sector to dramatically cut greenhouse gases in the coming decades.
The announcement, which targets a cut of 23% by 2030 and the electricity sector to do so by 30%, with respective cuts of 80% and up to 85% by 2050, comes just days before Earth Day on Thursday and US President Biden’s two-day virtual climate summit, to be attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,