In a press conference held last week the Jordanian Minister of Environment, His Excellency Khaled Irani, announced the launch of a Jordanian initiative called “Eco-Cities of the Mediterranean Forum 2008” to be held at the Ministry’s premises this coming October.
When explaining the reasons for initiating the regional conference, Irani said:
Our region’s energy, water, air and […]
I’m part of the mailing list of New Profile - A Movement for the Civil-ization of Israeli Society through which I get continuous updates about many events, articles, news that are mostly not published in the mainstream media. Today I received a message of particular interest, which I want to post here in it’s full […]
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Last Thursday fifty Muslim clerics gathered in Umm el-Fahm, Israel, for a conference to raise awareness regarding environmental issues among imams. The first of its kind, the conference was an important stepping stone in improving the quality of the environment in Israeli-Arab towns.
Organized partially by the director of Environmental Quality Unit […]
Israeli environmental website Green Prophet recently brought our attention to the variety of eco tourism options in the Middle East - specifically in Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. But those eco tours are all confined within the borders of a single country.
If you think about it, eco tourism has the potential to be […]
The Carnegie Foundation is offering a grant through the International Center for Journalists to explore religion in the Islamic World. They always grab me by promoting it as an exploration of issues in “the Arab World” and then drill down to the Islamic World, like Arabs are an extinct breed or something. I really hate […]
On mepeace.org I was at first a member under my real name - Eva - but after a wave of abuse I had a big fed up and left, deleting my whole profile there, thus deleting all of my posts and comments.
Many friends asked me to stay, to continue to speak out - so I […]
Last Friday July 18th, 2008 I went on another trip organized by Peace Now’s Settlement Watch Team I already introduced in my Blog called “A Trip to Settler-Land”.
This time lots of people had joined – and as I said before – many of them (like me) not members of Peace Now. We came just to […]
There aren’t many positive things about the current situation in Gaza. There’s fighting between different factions, conflicts between Israel and those in Gaza, and the Israeli blockade of supplies to Gaza since Hamas took control of the area last summer, resulting in shortages of almost everything, including fuel.
As Rachel Bergstein (who often writes about […]
The Middle East is an attractive spot for tourists. It has something for everybody. In Israel, there are holy sites relevant to people of the Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Baha’i faiths. In Egypt, there are the pyramids and other impressive ancient sites. Jordan has Petra. And even if sightseeing is […]
This week I got a chance to meet a Christian Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, Nadia Hilou (Hilo). She is a member of the labor Party, and is the only Christian Arab woman, one of 17 total women, and one of two Arab Christians in the Israeli parliament. Nadia was the guest on my […]
First, former President Jimmy Carter said that after meeting with Hamas leaders in Syria, Hamas would recognize Israel in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal … then, Hamas officials said, well no, they didn’t mean recognition, they would abide by a referendum of Palestinians (another one) on whether or not to recognize Israel and accept […]
I am a big believer that a principle applies to everyone, not just to one side or when it is convenient to stand by a principle. When Israelis kill Palestinian civilians, I condemn without hesitation. AND, when Palestinians kill Israeli civilians, I condemn them too.
When someone says something that is wrong, like it or not, […]
