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Israeli medics fear a dangerous bird flu virus could infect humans amid a major outbreak in the country Israel

H5N1 virus infects 5,000 chickens in community of Barak; Agriculture Ministry says it's concerned about human infection

Israeli farmers are again protesting Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and Agriculture Minister Oded Forer's a

Agriculture Ministry appeals to residents of northern moshav at epicenter of H5N1 outbreak to keep stray cats -- potential carriers of virus -- from wandering around poultry sheds

At present, agriculture constitutes more than 50% of the region’s economy. 

Agriculture Ministry says it will kill 320,000 laying hens, in addition to the 244,000 that have already been culled in northern Israel in past week

An estimated 5,000 wild cranes have been found dead at the Hula Lake Reserve in northern Israel, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection on

The goal of the plan, which includes the construction of two new communities in the Golan, is to double the area’s population and turn it into a “renewable energy capital,” says Israel’s premier.

Israel sees egg shortage amid bird flu spreading in hen coops-

Israels Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said that a shortage of millions of eggs is expected in the country due to the outbreak of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza.It is estimated that there would be a shortage of 14 million ...