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The island of El Hierro may seem an unlikely candidate to be a world leader in energy self-sufficiency. The most remote of the Canaries was once completely dependent on outside sources for its energy needs, with an economy held up almost entirely by agriculture and tourism. But thanks to the Gorona del Viento wind and water plant, the island now saves over 7,000 tons of diesel fuel and avoids more than 24,000 tons of CO2 emissions each year – with greater savings planned when it incorporates solar energy into the plant by 2050. And while the novel power plant is crucial to the savings, so i...

When Israeli Arabs go to the polls this month in national elections, the most pressing issue they want addressed by leaders is neither the peace process nor the economy. In the last four years, the homicide rate in Israeli Arab communities has jumped 50%, vaulting violent crime – and the muted police response to it – to voters’ top concern by far. Heavily armed crime organizations are blamed for the violence. But overall, experts say, the rise in crime is a product of several factors, including a decadeslong lack of investment in Arab communities that has led to disproportionately high ...

Follow Feb. 14, 2021 Two statistics illustrate the problems facing Israeli Arabs today. The one that is better known, and has been accompanied by a major public debate, is the high levels of crime. The other is the number of young Arabs who have neither a job or are in school, and that has gotten little attention. It should be getting more because the two phenomena are directly connected, says Dr. Nasreen Hadad Haj-Yahya, director of the Arab-Jewish Relations Program at the Israel Democracy Institute. She has been studying what is known as NEET, an acronym economists use that stands for Not i...