Western Galilee

European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Gelsomina Vigliotti (right) with Alan Tavir, CEO of IDE Technologies Group and European Union Ambassador to Israel Dimiter Tzantchev announce EIB support for Western Galilee desalination project, June 25, 2023. (Courtesy)

EU financial arm to invest €900m in Israel, including Western Galilee desalination

European Investment Bank allocates €150 million for water facility plus €500m in Bank Leumi credit to encourage green business projects, and assesses €250m for Tel Aviv light rail

EU financial arm to invest €900m in Israel, including Western Galilee desalination

By Sharon Wrobel

June 25, 2023, 9:28 pm

EU financial arm to invest €900m in Israel, including Western Galilee desalination

European Investment Bank allocates €150 million for water facility plus €500m in Bank Leumi credit to encourage green business projects, and assesses €250m for Tel Aviv light rail

By Sharon Wrobel

Damage to an ancient wine press at the Soger archaeological site in the Galilee region, January 29, 2023. (Reuven Kapol/Israel Antiquities Authority)

January 30, 2023, 10:36 pm

Nabbed antiquities robbers cause ‘heart-breaking damage’ to ancient wine press

Israel Antiquities Authority says two suspects caught ‘red-handed’ at Soger, in Western Galilee, as they dug beneath and destroyed a 2,000-year-old mosaic floor

By ToI Staff

A chameleon on an avocado tree. (Courtesy, Milopri farmers)

September 13, 2022, 8:12 am

1st-of-its-kind rewilding project links disused farmlands in eco-corridor

Ability of insects, small animals, plant species to migrate safely between areas is expected to boost biodiversity, benefit avocado orchards, meet EU eco-agriculture standards

By Sue Surkes

April 18, 2022, 11:46 am

Girl, 3, dies in blaze at vacation home in northern ecological village

Libby Kalich was vacationing with her family in wooden home; mother seriously injured, father in moderate condition, as fire engulfs building; brother, 6, unharmed

By ToI Staff

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July 30, 2021, 6:37 am

In former chicken coop, kibbutz helps young violinists come out of their shells

Kibbutz Eilon serves as a temporary home for string whizzes with a festival and summer school

By Jessica Steinberg

Defense Minister Gantz at the launch of a "resilience center" in Kibbutz Kabri on March 15, 2021. (Screenshot/Defense Ministry)

March 15, 2021, 6:03 pm

Gantz warns Hezbollah not to ‘test’ the power of the IDF

Defense minister makes remark to Lebanese terror group during the launch of a psychological help center in northern Israel

By ToI Staff

Lunch with Galileat in the Arab village of Dir Hanna, during the Western Galilee Winter Festival, December 17-19, 2020 Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

December 11, 2020, 6:11 am

Eat your way through the kitchens and forests of the Western Galilee

An array of Hanukkah- and Christmas-themed walks, talks and meals during the Winter Festival, December 17-19

By Jessica Steinberg

Betzet Beach in northern Israel. (YouTube screenshot)

February 6, 2020, 6:01 am

Appeals committee rules against holiday village on Galilee beach

Decision follows earlier one to prohibit building on Palmachim Beach between Ashdod and Bat Yam as authorities look to preserve open coastal areas

By Sue Surkes

Residents of the Western Galilee call for a new desalination plant to be located in an existing industrial zone in coastal Acre, rather than on agricultural land. (Stop the Western Galilee Desalination Plant Campaign, Facebook)

December 17, 2019, 2:08 am

Panel approves sixth desalination plant to sate Western Galilee

Local protesters fail to have planned facility moved within existing industrial zone in coastal Acre, rather than on agricultural land

By Sue Surkes

Dr Diddy Mymin Kahn, co-founder and director of the Kuchinate collective, looks on as Selam crochets a basket at the Kuchinate workshop in Tel Aviv, on January 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

July 4, 2018, 1:11 pm

School’s out, but there’s plenty to learn in summertime workshops

Pack some peas, crochet a basket, mix herbs, paint glass, or make and taste some ice cream

By Jessica Steinberg

Arab Israelis wave Palestinian flags and participate in a march commemorating the "Nakba" (catastrophe) that accompanied Israel's creation, in Atlit, northern Israel, on April 19, 2018, Israel's 70th Independence Day. (Screen capture: Twitter)

April 19, 2018, 6:09 pm

Thousands of Arabs in northern Israel mark Palestinian ‘catastrophe’ of 1948

In annual ‘Nakba’ event near Haifa, participants commemorate hundreds of thousands who fled or were expelled from their homes during Israel’s War of Independence

By Michael Bachner

The workshop in the Haifa Bay area where a 47-year-old employee was found dead with burns all over his body, March 8, 2018. (United Hatzalah)

March 8, 2018, 1:49 pm

Employee at Haifa Bay factory found dead with severe burns

Police investigating whether man, 47, from Galilee Arab town, was electrocuted

By Sue Surkes

Palestinians march in the Western Galilee to mark the 'Nakba' ('catastrophe'), the day when the State of Israel was created in 1948. The annual event coincides with Israel's Independence Day. May 2, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)

May 2, 2017, 6:11 pm

Israeli Arabs march to mark ‘catastrophe’ of Israel’s independence

Event goes ahead after police reverse ban, reach compromise; thousands wave Palestinian flags, hold photos of prisoners

By Sue Surkes

Kabul, Israel (CC-BY SA Ariel Palmon/Wikpedia)

October 14, 2016, 10:48 am

Security guard wounded in Galilee bank robbery

Police searching for culprits who stole money at gunpoint, shot guard as they fled the scene

By ToI Staff