Authorities say tar cleanup has been completed at over a dozen sites, following devastating environmental disaster

Intelligence apparatuses reportedly recruited to investigate matter; Greenpeace says 'outrageous and factually baseless' claim of terrorism minimizes environmental issue

Gila Gamliel insists there's a 'direct link' between Iran and tanker blamed for pollution; before ship was identified, she had said she believed the incident wasn't deliberate

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Knesset committee chair warns that in a future pollution disaster, 'we won't have water to drink and our children won't be able to bathe in the sea for decades'

Environment minister says disaster is a case of 'malice' on part of ship owner with 'no compassion,' demands government reconsider plan to increase crude shipments via Israel

Volunteers help clean up swath of coastline that is a nesting site for turtles, as officials say pollution could continue washing up for months

From large patches clinging to algae to tiny droplets in the sand, the dark, sticky chemical is defying painstaking efforts to decontaminate almost the entire coastline

Shaul Goldstein, director of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, says sand looking better on many northern beaches, but rocks still highly contaminated after suspected oil spill

Media barred from publishing details of investigation; some local councils halt cleanup, citing lack of money from Treasury; Environment Ministry due to submit proposal for funds