Minister aligned with terror group says passage, closed since Israel's creation in 1948, is Lebanon's sovereign territory; remark seen as trying to complicate maritime negotiations
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
Experts call the spill Israel's worst beach contamination in memory, and they fear much marine life has been wiped out. Nobody can say how long recovery will take
Event in and around Mediterranean, Red Sea and Sea of Galilee aimed at pressing for more marine reserves and better enforcement against litterbugs, single-use plastic ban
But in year's end roundup report, Israel Nature and Parks Authority director says lack of functioning government leaves funding for 2020 unclear, harms ability to plan
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