Gila Gamliel

Israel launches NIS 15 million initiative to bring Druze, Circassians into tech industry

The NIS 15 million ($4.69 million) initiative aims to support technological entrepreneurship and connect aspiring entrepreneurs to high-tech companies, academia, investors, and professional mentors.

ISRAELI AND Druze flags at the entrance to the northern Druze village of Hurfeish on November 29 2023.
Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel shakes hands with Meredith McKay, NASA’s deputy administrator for international relations.

Jerusalem partners with NASA, looks forward to first Israeli woman in space

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks at a ceremony for murdered Gaza hostage Thai national Sonthaya Oakkharasri before his remains were flown back to Thailand, October 22, 2025.

Activists, MKs criticize ministers chosen for c'ttee to decide October 7 probe mandate

Activists gather at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square, October 11, 2025.

Cabinet ministers, Gantz denounce booing of Netanyahu's name during Witkoff's Hostage Square speech


Israel bans sale of fur to fashion industry, first country to do so

Gamliel: "Animal fur coats cannot cover the brutal murder industry that makes them."

A woman is seen wearing a fur coat.

NIS 11 million allocated to remove Israel's asbestos roofs

Minister of Environmental Protection, Gila Gamliel said, "Our new program is Win-Win, in which we replace carcinogenic asbestos with renewable energy with environmental and economic gain.”

Solar panels at one of the projects of Enlight Renewable Energy

Eilat-Ashkelon oil shipping route could cause irreversible damage - Gamliel

Gamliel noted that the Environmental Protection Ministry has been moving towards reducing its use of fossil fuels to "reduce air pollution and the resulting morbidity and mortality."

Map of the UAE oil transfer to Europe and Asia through Israel land-bridge.

Storm washes up additional tar residue to Israel's coastline

The Environmental Protection Ministry noted that efforts were being made to clean up the affected beaches and that additional updates will come in as the storm weakens.

Tar washed up to Dado Beach at Haifa, Friday, March 12, 2021.

Israel's beaches see more tar as oil spill consequences continue

The Environmental Protection Ministry has estimated that the amount that washed up is a small amount of what is still in the ocean: 1,200 tons.

A man wears a glove covered with tar as Israeli soldiers and volunteers clean tar from the sand after an offshore oil spill drenched much of Israel's Mediterranean shoreline, at a beach in Atlit, Israel February 22, 2021.

Greta’s teen disciples host Israel’s first candidates’ environment debate

Politicians on both the right and left agree urgent action needed.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in the rally ''Europe Climate Strike'' in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2020.

Why did Gila Gamliel blame the oil spill on Iran? - Background

Officials in the Mossad and the IDF have distanced themselves from Gamliel's claims that terrorism was the cause of the oil spill.

A Spanish Civil Guard boat sails past Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 as it sits anchored after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory on suspicion of violating sanctions against Syria, in the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain August 13, 2019

Mediterranean oil spill is ‘eco-terrorism’ by Iran, Israel says

Sources in the defense establishment said they were not familiar with Gamliel’s claim that the oil spill was the result of terrorism

A dead bird is inspected by volunteers after several tons of tar which floated onto Israel's shores from an unknown source have already caused massive damage to local wildlife.

Greenpeace: Iran eco-terror allegation 'reeks of election propaganda'

The practice of turning off tracking systems is commonly done by Iranian vessels to avoid detection for violating the trade embargo with Syria.

Satellite imaging tracks the known movements of the Iranian Romina tanker before the oil spill which caused Israel's ecological disaster.

Israel investigates tar spill calamity, places inquiry under gag order

The decision to censor the details was described by Israeli media as "irregular."

President Reuven Rivlin visits cleanup efforts at Herziliya beach after oil spill