November 29, 2006 4:01 am The silent threats to Israel’s survival Israel’s environmental crises today include: Air pollution: Israel’s major cities, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa, as well as industrial centers like Ashdod, face severe air pollution problems, primarily from industrial and automobile emissions. In ‘003, the Israel Union for Environmental Defense published the results of a study it conducted with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […] By Richard Schwartz