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The Haifa District Court (Water Tribunal) ruled that the Dead Sea Works pumps hundreds of millions of cubic meters of water every year in violation of the law.  Adam Teva V’Din’s petition stated to the Water Tribunal stated that the drop in water level in the northern basin of the Dead Sea damages infrastructure and…

In June 2017 an industrial waste pool at the Rotem Ampert plant collapsed and contaminated one of Israel’s most beloved nature reserves, the hiking area around Nahal Ashalim. An investigation showed that Rotem Ampert had failed to maintain two acid wastewater ponds that were constructed in violation of building permits. After months of negotiations, Rotem…