Israel needs to be struck by ecological disaster to take action
President Reuven Rivlin, who also thanked the volunteers, said: “Now is the time for an urgent national plan before we face an unprecedented ecological disaster.”
Several tons of tar which floated onto Israel's shores from an unknown source have already caused massive damage to local wildlife, and threaten to contaminate the local groundwater.(photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/MAARIV)ByJPOST EDITORIAL
