Israeli environmental, insect experts battle invasive fire ants
Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry and the Nature and Parks Authority have launched a national effort to monitor fire ants to combat their spread.
Source: jpost.com
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The Nakba: Remembering what was lost in Palestine in 1948
The land that now makes up the state of Israel was once home to a thriving Palestinian economy and society, which produced crops like oranges and tobacco
Source: middleeasteye.net
Cities across Israel go on strike to protest tax transfer plan
The “Arnona Fund” would see wealthier municipalities subsidize poorer ones with local business property taxes.
Source: jns.org
Palestinians reflect on the Nakba: 'It's part of our lives' – DW – 05/15/2023
Palestinians are marking the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or "catastrophe," — the mass displacement from their homeland in 1948. DW asked some Palestinians how those events define their lives today.
Source: dw.com
Several major municipalities strike over coalition's plan to redistribute local taxes
Cites including Tel Aviv, Holon, Ashdod, Haifa shut schools, halt garbage collection and welfare services; ex-welfare minister: Many areas need aid, but not with 'ugly hijacking'
Source: timesofisrael.com
Nakba Day: Hundreds of Palestinian villages destroyed during the creation of Israel
Ancient village of Lifta is one of many that were violently depopulated by Jewish militias in 1948
Source: thenationalnews.com
Lawmakers scuffle in Knesset over municipal tax plan as Arab communities join strike
Smotrich looking to compel cities to end strike that has shuttered schools and services in dozens of towns; Labor MK threatens to go to court, says move discriminates against Arabs
Source: timesofisrael.com
'Ethnic cleansing' on MSNBC– Nakba at 75 gains remarkable coverage by U.S. broadcasters – Mondoweiss
The 75th anniversary of the Nakba brought unprecedented coverage in American media of the Palestinian experience.
Source: mondoweiss.net
Municipal strike in protest of tax redistribution to continue, but schools to reopen
Federation of Local Authorities vows it will not participate in Arnona Fund plan to redistribute municipal taxes, as Knesset Finance Committee votes to approve measure
Source: timesofisrael.com