PM agrees to review controversial West Bank waste-to-energy plant plan
Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel's environment reporter. Buildings under construction in Mishor Adumim, an Israeli industrial zone adjacent to the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, east of Jerusalem, on June 16, 2020. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Sunday to review controversial plans for a waste to energy incinerator in the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, near Jerusalem, after a meeting requested by the city’s mayor, Benny Kashriel. Netanyahu ordered the establishment of an inter-ministerial committee, to be headed by Prime Minister’...