The Green Israel Forum warned on Monday of serious health risks following a wave of fires whose smoke has blanketed the Tel Aviv and central Israel regions.
According to the forum, the fires originate in illegal Palestinian Authority garbage dumps amid what it calls a longstanding issue of neglected landfill management. “This is environmental terrorism that is systematically occurring under the closed eyes of the international community,” said Erez Kalif, CEO of the Green Israel Forum.
“These wildfires do not stop at the Green Line – they penetrate the lungs of all Israeli citizens,” Kalif warned. “Israeli residents must not continue to pay with their health for environmental failures across the border,” Kalif added.
We would like to point out that there is no “border” within Israel. Additionally, fires were set not only in Judea and Samaria but also in Jerusalem. The Green Israel Forum needs to get its facts straight! No one living in Israel or anywhere else should be subjected to environmental terrorism.