Informing
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for Progress

How to rebuild the northern region of Israel?

Prof. Meirav Aharon Gutman discusses the concepts of GALILEAN CONSCIOUSNESS and COLLECTIVE TRAUMA, noting that 61,000 residents have been evacuated. Those remaining are also suffering from the situation. The crisis has severely impacted education and culture in the north, even in communities that were not evacuated, and there is no clear timeline for residents to […]

Hold Your Nose: Israel’s Capital City is Getting Stinkier

A 2023 report by SNI warns that the waste crisis in Israel is urgent. The acute waste crisis requires the urgent promotion and implementation of a national plan for the benefit of public health, as well as closing gaps between the policy of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the actual performance.

A Study Revealing the Depth of Harm to Evacuees from the North

A Samuel Neaman Institute survey of 340 residents from the northern border paints a grim picture of the employment, education, mental, and family situation of those who were dispersed to hundreds of points across the country. “The reality that has been created for them signals to them – the government does not recognize your story, […]