Speaking at a party conference in Warsaw on Saturday Zandberg called for a "decade-long plan" to modernize Poland and urged political unity regardless of who holds power "We must commit to building something consistently over the next 10 years and then get it done no matter which party governs," the presidential hopeful said Zandberg highlighted nuclear power as essential for ensuring stable energy supplies "Energy must not only be clean and affordable – it  must also be stable The solution here is nuclear power," he argued proposing a cross-party agreement to construct eight nuclear reactors Zandberg also criticized current healthcare spending as insufficient and advocated increasing it to 8% of GDP we should reach a cross-party consensus to allocate 8% of GDP to healthcare This is the minimum required to restore the system," he said Poland’s presidential election is scheduled for May 18 with a potential runoff on June 1 if no candidate secures an outright majority The race is expected to feature high-profile contenders head of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) who is supported by the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party Other candidates include left-wing lawmaker Magdalena Biejat The Stanford Initiative on Business and Environmental Sustainability Research Conference Series is hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Climate change presents a formidable political challenge to democracies: The climate crisis is striking the Earth with great intensity The more severe predictions are materializing sooner than expected requiring humanity on Earth to rise to decisive and swift action This crisis is intensifying in the context of what has been defined by the World Economic Forum as the “era of polycrisis,” including economic crises home to almost half of the world’s population presenting a tremendous challenge in addressing climate change Effective climate policy requires a steady public dedication to the tasks of mitigation and adaptation but elections can result in large fluctuations in government support for such measures the recognition of the need for decisive and effective climate policy is a politically polarized issue and even facts and truth themselves can sometimes be contentious topics climate problems spill across borders and jurisdictional lines that then require collaboration between international national and sub-national entities with sovereign powers Charles Louis Ducommun Professor of Humanities and Sciences and The Spencer F Head of the National Institution for Climate and Environmental Policy Zandberg argued that his party offers a pro-social alternative to candidates representing elite interests The politician also stressed that the election will determine the future of Poland’s healthcare system which he believes the current government is pushing toward privatization Zandberg announced an intensive campaign across cities and smaller towns to persuade voters that a more egalitarian political approach is possible 180 tysięcy podpisów już w PKW! To podpisy za prospołeczną, wolnościową Polską. Dziękuję za każdy z nich! Nie jesteśmy skazani na wybór: kiepski rząd, który zawiódł wyborców, albo PiS z Konfederacją. Inna polityka, polityka po stronie milionów pracujących Polaków, jest możliwa! pic.twitter.com/u1uu1anWAu Adrian Zandbreg is one of the candidates who have submitted the required signatures to Poland’s election commission joining officially registered contenders Sławomir Mentzen (Confederation) as well as Speaker of the Sejm (Poland’s lower house of parliament) Szymon Hołownia The deadline for candidate registration is April 4 with the first round of Poland’s presidential election set for May 18 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Former enviromental protection minister Tamar Zandberg will head up the new 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Ministerial Committee on Legislation Her bill was brought to the Knesset and passed in its first reading shortly before the parliament disbanded.It took the current government more than a year to pass a new version of the climate bill It has not yet been presented to the Knesset despite commitments to move such a bill forward before the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) While the Israel-Hamas war certainly sidelined much-unrelated legislation the delay was due more to tensions between the Energy and Environmental Protection ministries over the bill’s details.In 2021 Israel adopted a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050 under Zandberg’s leadership The Environment and Climate Change portal is produced in cooperation with the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev The Jerusalem Post maintains all editorial decisions related to the content '#' : location.hash;window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery = 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reporters He argued that relying on a single nuclear power plant would be insufficient and that Poland needs multiple reactors to sustain economic growth Poland’s economy will face an energy crisis as coal-fired power plants reach the end of their technological lifespan He warned that the country would then be forced to rely on imported electricity which he called a “bad solution” in terms of cost Zandberg also urged Poland to push for a European nuclear initiative Zandberg: potrzebujemy w Polsce nie jednej elektrowni, ale ośmiu bloków jądrowych #PAPinformacje https://t.co/YNAOPpSG91 He criticized what he described as Poland’s traditional approach of waiting for Germany to take the lead saying Berlin would not initiate such a move “Poland must take the lead in gathering allies and pushing for change,” he said He also took a swipe at Prime Minister Donald Tusk accusing him of prioritizing populist rhetoric on migration over long-term energy strategy “Energy policy will determine whether Poland thrives in the next 10 to 15 years or falls into stagnation like parts of Western Europe,” Zandberg said Zandberg told public broadcaster Polish Radio on Friday that EU countries should bring together their defense industries and strengthen military cooperation .@ZandbergRAZEM w #SygnałyDnia @RadiowaJedynka: nie jest tajemnicą, że duzi gracze forsują konkretne regulacje i chcą rozluźnić inne, ponieważ działa to na korzyść ich biznesu pic.twitter.com/oLlKNEV7bv Zandberg: potrzebujemy zacieśnienia współpracy obronnej z innymi krajami regionu #PAPinformacje https://t.co/AlNW03CWKn The presidential race features high-profile contenders, including Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski backed by the liberal-centrist Civic Platform (PO) party who is supported by the right-wing opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party Source: PAP “I don’t like to rip the soul out of a house,” says Hubert Zandberg which was started in 2019 and finished (thanks to COVID-19) two and a half years later known as the Lady Builder for her unique position as the city’s first female contractor brought with them an impressive art collection and an understanding that they were taking on a distinctly British dwelling a tiny gate at the end of the home’s own private garden leads to an expansive shared one of green lawns and ancient oak trees you leave the city behind and pivot immediately toward this almost country-like scenario,” says the wife “You can’t understand the house without knowing the garden,” her husband adds The project was the couple’s first with Zandberg who says he makes it a rule not to Google new clients in advance “I’m more interested in what they reveal to me in our meetings,” he says and their shared passion for contemporary art she brought along some cherry pinks—lovely but hard to live with,” says Zandberg who cleverly wove them into details throughout they pop out in the patchwork of kilims used by Sinclair Till to create the unifying stair runner that climbs all the way up the house “The approach was a soft play on English traditional with a bohemian Notting Hill twist” Zandberg is known for knitting together the historic and contemporary with a lavish but considered use of pattern and sensuous materials an approach that can be seen in the first-floor drawing room a plush green-gray velvet sofa is grouped with an upholstered ottoman table and armchairs that Zandberg enveloped in richly printed floral and ikat-inspired textiles “The approach was a soft play on English traditional with a bohemian Notting Hill twist,” says the designer The palette works in favor of the art: A Tracey Emin nude painting in rose pink loses none of its erotic edge in this setting with a floral Roman blind raised across the top of the window overlooking the garden green-glazed terra-cotta tiles above the Lacanche range and a mix of painted and stained wood cabinetry for storage The adjacent dining room is lined in an exuberant wall covering depicting deer and partridges that seem to have leaped out of a 16th-century tapestry Zandberg hung a pair of pendants and installed candles on bespoke pine cone brackets by Thomas Boog “I really dislike a single chandelier over a dining table,” says the designer The owners understood that preserving the home’s historic interior would limit available wall space “We didn’t want to turn it into a big white box,” the husband explains even though that would have made it easier to accommodate more expansive artworks a large painting by Hans Hartung that originally hung in the rather narrow entry hall has since been taken down for fear of damage But an even more monumental Georg Baselitz painting has found its place as an anchor in the drawing room it reveals upon further inspection a couple holding hands “It’s a symbol of our life,” says the husband who describes their collecting as consensual and “art as a window into other worlds a way of traveling.” “We always buy together,” his wife says Two Edward Kienholz paintings of dollar sums hold court at the first turn of the stair while a dazzling Eric Fischl artwork depicting a dancer in pinks and ochers presides over the second turn “We weren’t keen on hanging pictures on the staircase,” the wife says “But that one works quite well because you approach her as you walk up the stairs Zandberg describes the collaboration with his clients as being like “a dinner conversation—it went around and around from challenging to fun and back again.” One area where they definitely had some fun was the home’s lowest floor previously an untouched rabbit warren of rooms that they opened up to create an inviting family lounge It now contains some of what the owners call their toys: a wine cellar for displaying whatever treasures these avid collectors bring home next A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2022 Winter Issue under the headline “English Accents.” Subscribe to the magazine © 2023 Hudson One Media, LLC. 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Privacy Policy Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg (Oren Ben Hakoon) Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman both received death threats on Tuesday as negotiations over a coalition seeking to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit the final stretch Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter  The threats against Zandberg began after an old bill Meretz had presented seeking to bar Chabad activists from approaching unaccompanied minors on the street or outside schools with religious propositions surfaced on social media included misinformation suggesting the bill sought the make such moves by Chabad punishable by jail time – an issue the original legislative proposal which was sponsored by Meretz as a faction and not by Zandberg personally Zandberg reported getting dozens of furious text messages as well as threats to harm the couple's children Yisrael Beytenu's election headquarters received several calls threatening staffers as well as Lieberman with bodily harm and even murder One caller threatened to "put a bullet in his [Lieberman's] heart," while another said Yisrael Beytenu filed a complaint on the matter with Knesset Security Chief Maj Threats against political figures trying to oust Netanyahu have been growing steadily over the past week On Tuesday, the Israel Security Agency increased the protection afforded to Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and his No now classified as Level 5 – just one level shy of the gravest possible threat which is responsible for providing elected officials with security details has already increased the two's security on Sunday after they began receiving death threats over Yamina's plan to join Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid's coalition the Shin Bet now provides both with a 24/7 personal security detail and extra police presence during what has become daily protests outside their residences Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories Israel has launched Operation "Port City," striking concrete plants and cargo docks at the Houthi-controlled port in coordination with.. Indications obtained by Israel Hayom suggest that in recent weeks The British police launched an urgent operation to stop Iranian terror cells operating within the country Analysis  Archaeology Blogpost Business & Finance Culture Exclusive Explainer Environment Features Health In Brief Jewish World Judea and Samaria Lifestyle Cyber & Internet Sports Diplomacy  Iran & The Gulf Gaza Strip Politics Shopping Terms of use Privacy Policy Submissions Contact Us The first issue of Israel Hayom appeared on July 30 Israel Hayom was founded on the belief that the Israeli public deserves better more balanced and more accurate journalism [contact-form-7 id=”508379″ html_id=”isrh_form_Newsletter_en” title=”newsletter_subscribe”] Go ahead and cue the clichés: More is more Because it’s all true when it comes to Hubert Zandberg insatiably acquisitive South African–born designer whose latest London apartment is a re­fined study in ­fill-it-to-the-brim exuberance While his client projects—whether a historic Paris hôtel particulier or a penthouse in Moscow—span a wide stylistic range his own homes consistently betray the soul of a dyed-in-the-wool maximalist “I did really slightly overdo this place,” Zandberg says of his two-bedroom apartment located in a recently constructed building near his office in Notting Hill “I thought I could push the boundaries in terms of sheer quantity of items.” it’s much smaller than his previous London residence a historic fi­ve-level former canal keeper’s house and assorted curios lent the space a distinctive cabinet-of-curiosities vibe While quite a few pieces made the move to his new home Zandberg was eager to live with recent acquisitions that had been in storage and let contemporary art really take center stage “I had a need for something a little bit fresher and wanted to force a change,” explains the designer who also bought a second apartment in London’s East End that will serve as more of a weekend base—“my country place,” as he puts it the visual barrage begins in the entrance hall are arranged floor to ceiling in a dense salon-style installation Adding to the arresting effect is vivid yellow wall paint inspired by the canary-colored stairwell at 10 Downing Street only “slightly updated with a bit more acid He compares the space’s initial impact with that of a busy pattern on a fabric “but then you can start to peel away the layers and engage with individual pieces.” Recommended: Edgy Art Meets High Design at This Francis Sultana–Designed Home Zandberg tends to buy art from a few preferred galleries—including Maureen Paley and Carl Freedman—and he’s a familiar face on Portobello Road on Saturdays and on Columbia Road and around Shoreditch on Sundays He also makes frequent trips to his favorite hunting grounds in Paris where he keeps what he calls “lock-up-and-go apartments.” Zandberg jokes: “Some people have a sex life it’s tempting to say that Zandberg designs with a collector’s mentality But it’s equally true that he collects with a designer’s mentality “I often collect with a bigger narrative in my mind,” he says “It’s the combinations of items and the dialogues between them that most interest me.” Zandberg deployed an open bookshelf as a divider to help create three distinct spaces each with its own feel and interplay of pieces Outside the small and minimally used kitchen (“the oven is mostly for Champagne storage,” Zandberg admits) he composed a sitting area where a bamboo daybed and a Brutalist mosaic-top cocktail table are joined by a vintage Brazilian rosewood armchair and a 1960s geometric bar cabinet Rounding out the eclectic mix of accoutrements are a wall-mounted Paul Evans mirrored cabinet and photographs by Edgar Martins and Wolfgang Tillmans an artist of special importance to Zandberg “I adore Wolfgang’s work—he really captures the zeitgeist,” says the designer whose social circle overlapped with the artist’s when they were both starting out in London Recommended: How Art Advisor Elizabeth Margulies Is Blazing Her Own Trail There’s also a small dining area—where the table is as likely to be arrayed with art objects as it is with plates of food—and a lounge-like space outfitted with what Zandberg describes as “midcentury almost gentleman’s clubby paneling” and “furnishings that are a bit masculine.” Th­is is where he spends most of his time on the 1970s Knoll sofa or in the Eames lounger perhaps enjoying a cocktail from the vintage bar trolley in the corner “I love retro barware—the playfulness and kitschiness of it—as well as the juxtaposition of high and low art,” he says “It’s about not taking things too seriously.” Zandberg inserted hits of eccentricity and whimsy the dashing refinement of a Tommi Parzinger horn mirror and a Sergio Rodrigues rosewood table is balanced by the idiosyncratic expressiveness of a hand-molded vase by Johannes Nagel who count among Zandberg’s latest obsessions he devoted an entire wall to artwork depicting women like Courtney Love and Faye Dunaway Zandberg calls it his “wall of girls—portraits of strong women that I just thought would be fun to hang together.” what Zandberg wants to avoid at all costs is the sameness and suffocating tastefulness of so many interiors “­The pieces may be stunning and you love everything in it not filling you with joy?” For this anything-but-ordinary designer it’s how you put it all together that really matters A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2018 Winter Issue under the headline Mix to the Max. Subscribe to the magazine. World record holder and Olympic champion Pan Zhanle will most likely be competing at the Chinese National Championships taking place this month 22-year-old Ahmed Hafnaoui has admitted to missing three anti-doping tests in a 12 month period which is considered an anti-doping rules violation La suspensión es efectiva desde el 11 de abril de 2024 y todos sus resultados desde esa fecha están anulados El castigo será hasta el 10 de enero de 2026 Olympic finalist Pieter Coetze notched a time of 1:56.07 to take the 200m backstroke on the final night of action at the 2025 South African Championships Pieter Coetze continues to impress at the 2025 South African National Championships clocking a Singapore-worthy effort in the 50m freestyle October 16th, 2013 Africa, International, News South Africa’s Gerhard Zandberg has retired from swimming he announced via his Twitter account today the 6’8″ Zandberg was the 2007 World Champion in the 50 backstroke to which he added bronzes in the same race at the 2003 Zandberg, who is a 50 meter specialist, did not swim at the 2012 Summer Olympics (he didn’t even race at the trials) He made a brief return in 2013 at 30 years old where he finished 13th in the 50 backstroke and failed to advance to the final after slipping off of the blocks in the final He received from heat from Swimming South Africa after ‘breaking team rules’ in Barcelona after asking to swap rooms to avoid catching a cold that his roommate Cameron van der Burgh had contracted Zandberg received a punishment of 50,000 Rand ($5,000) which was later reduced to 4,000 Rand ($500); a 2-year suspension from swimming; 1 year of community service; and an immediate scratch from all World Cup events around which there is little ability for Zandberg to compete This left him with two options: either appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland Waiting out a two-year suspension at his age would have been illogical Zandberg also took a gold medal as a part of the South African 400 free relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Zandberg’s only public statement on the matter was a simple Tweet where he said that his swimming career has come to an end Tagged in the Tweet were two South African journalists who have been vocal critics of Swimming South Africa’s punishment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Swimming SA seems to have this completely the wrong way round: the administrators are there to serve the swimmers For our boys to keep achieving what they do at international galas while having to deal with the inept Swimming SA holding them back The only scandalous thing that he did was to stay with a female who was not his wife or his family member Choosing to not stay with the team is not in itself a big deal he’s thirty years old he should be allowed to have some freedom More from Braden KeithSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates They did not find the same association for older women or death due to motor vehicle accidents “Stress is a key contributor to mental health burden and a major driver of increased suicide risk,” says Barzilay a child-adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist “We found that this particular stressor—restriction to abortion—affects women of a specific age in a specific cause of death and Waller discovered an overlap in their research interests Zandberg studies how restrictions to reproductive care affect gender inequality the factors that affect a person’s mental health trajectory and suicide risk Waller focuses on environmental stressors that influence parents and Data scientist Elina Visoki from Barzilay’s lab also contributed to this research Zandberg’s prior work had shown that more restricted access to reproductive care creates a costly trade-off for women’s career aspirations and their family formation choices The researchers decided to examine other aspects of this dynamic looking at the mental health implications of enforcing strict reproductive rights and more specifically the third leading cause of death for 25- to 44-year-olds in the U.S They conducted what’s called a difference-in-differences analysis using state-level data from 1974 through 2016 and covering the entire population of adult women during that time “We constructed three indices that measure access to reproductive care by looking at the enforcement of state-level legislation,” Zandberg says “Every time a state enforced a law that was related to reproductive care they analyzed suicide rates before and after the laws took effect comparing those numbers to broad suicide trends and to rates in places without such restrictions women who experienced the shock of this type of restrictive legislation had a significant increase in suicide rate,” Zandberg says the researchers examined whether the finding was specific to women of reproductive age or could be observed in other populations they ran the same analysis for all 45- to 64-year-old women between 1974 and 2016 they examined another common cause of death Controlling for potential confounders like the economy and political climate did not change the results There are limitations to these conclusions including the fact that the researchers did not have access to data about the experiences or mental health of individual women “we’re looking at the connection between summary data about causes of death at the state level and policy and politics over many decades every death represents an individual moment of tragedy,” Waller says there’s clearly an awful lot more that we need to understand about what these findings mean for individual suicide risk.” the researchers say the findings have clinical recognizing this link can change how physicians and other health care providers approach suicide risk classification in women of reproductive age it points to a need for better suicide-prevention policies and adds hard data to the ethical debate around abortion access the Penn-CHOP team says it’s important to have insight into current trends to plan for future scenarios in which partial restrictions morph into full-fledged restrictions or even abortion criminalization “The women internalizing the stories they hear are the ones who these restrictions will affect the most.” Funding for this research came from the National Institute of Mental Health (Grant K23MH120437) and the Lifespan Brain Institute of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Ran Barzilay is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and a psychiatrist with the Youth Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Research Center at CHOP Rebecca Waller is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, where she runs the EDEN lab Jonathan Zandberg is a lecturer in the Department of Finance in the Wharton School at Penn the ambitious Dakar Greenbelt project seeks to create an extensive network of ecological infrastructure in and around the city to sustainably address environmental concerns and enhance urban life With support from David Gouverneur and Ellen Neises candidate Rob Levinthal in the Weitzman School of Design led two courses that included a field trip to Dakar that culminated in students presenting their visions for parts of the Greenbelt The new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology boasts adaptable laboratory spaces to support the dynamic needs of pioneering research The process of becoming a Division 1 collegiate athlete means practices starting from when you are 5 years old a family or support system that is there to push you and a drive to go beyond where most people quit She used to sit and watch her four older brothers practice and play and after repeatedly going to one of her brother’s practices “My mom signed me up so we could play together,” Zandberg said She practiced with her brother beginning at 5 years old and never let go of it but when it was time to be serious and pick one Zandberg competed at a high level in Israel She won first place at the Israeli Championship Junior U18 first place in both doubles and singles at the ITF Juniors Beer Sheva and first place in doubles at Romania G3 all before coming to the University of Arizona.  Zandberg did something that most D1 athletes cannot add to their list of achievements and that is serving in the Israeli army for two years “Everyone has to go to the army in Israel so it’s normal for us and it’s definitely a good experience,” Zandberg said RELATED: Arizona women’s tennis welcomes four Japanese tennis players to Tucson Zandberg was also an athlete for the Israeli Air Force so her long days managing both service duties and tennis are key to what prepared her for being a successful Sometimes you would get shifts to guard the base or have kitchen duties go to the base and go back to practice for those two years,” Zandberg said about her busy schedule Zandberg was then ready for her next step in life: collegiate tennis Former Arizona head coach Vicky Maes flew out to Israel to watch her play and after discovering how Arizona supports their athletes and how nice the weather is for an outdoorsy person like herself Zandberg knew that being a Wildcat was the destined choice for her Zandberg is now a junior here at the UA and killing the game She said she misses the warmth and community-like feeling Israel gives her compared to America’s “do your own thing” mentality but getting to play on a team rather than for herself is definitely a perk it’s a bonus that her family will be coming to the matches at the end of the month and she gets to visit home in the winter and summer.  and her roots from Israel and experience from serving in the Israeli Air Force while maintaining practices showed Arizona what success she could bring in her four years Follow Johnnie Mitchell on Twitter Israel can become a key player in the fight against climate change said the environmental protection minister 2021Israel’s new environmental protection minister has set some ambitious goals: She believes she can use her office to play an important role in the global battle against climate change while also promoting peace in the volatile Middle East Tamar Zandberg laid out her agenda in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the upcoming UN climate conference in Glasgow despite its small size and own inability to reach the global goal of zero net emissions by 2050 Zandberg said the country is eager to share its expertise in green technologies Israel is widely considered a world leader in areas such as solar energy storage “These are fields where Israel is already in the cutting-edge frontier of global innovation and we hope that this is something that small Israel can contribute to bigger countries than us to adjust better to the new climate reality,” she said have become important markets for Israeli environmental technologies Zandberg said she already has held a pair of meetings with her counterpart in the United Arab Emirates which established diplomatic ties with Israel just over a year ago and that the two countries have teams working together on issues like agriculture and water in the arid Middle East Israel and Jordan last week held a signing ceremony on a new water-sharing agreement and Zandberg said the two countries are having “extensive talks” on various environmental issues “Our neighbors share our region and share our climate,” she said “So it’s only natural that we will face them together but also to the regional stability and to our peace in the Middle East.” Zandberg took office in June as part of Israel's new government — a diverse patchwork of small and midsize parties spanning the political spectrum This includes deep ideological differences over how to handle the decades-long conflict with the Palestinians Prime Minister Naftali Bennett heads a religious ultranationalist party that opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state a former leader of the West Bank settlement movement has ruled out peace talks with the Palestinians Zandberg’s Meretz party is the most dovish member of the eight-party coalition and supports a two-state solution with the Palestinians forged to prevent the country from plunging into a fifth election in a two-year span all members were forced to compromise on their core beliefs Zandberg acknowledged some frustration with the limitations created by the political reality but said environmental cooperation provides an opportunity to improve the atmosphere and lay the groundwork for future negotiations She said she has met with her Palestinian counterpart and that professional teams meet regularly to work on issues of mutual concern “We live here together and we share the land and we share the air and share the water,” she said At home, Zandberg has a long to-do list. Israel has acknowledged it will fall short of the goal of the international community to reach zero net emissions by 2050. It expects to reduce emissions by 85% by that time Environmentalists have cited a lack of political will by previous governments and the country's reliance on newly discovered natural gas for energy for the lower target Zandberg said this figure was calculated based largely on a situation inherited from previous governments She also said Israel's relatively high population growth is an obstacle And while Israel lags on its own renewable energy goals she said the government is determined to help the world reach the zero-emissions target through its technology exports and to do more on the domestic front “That’s our goal to close that gap,” she said "We are working on new climate legislation for the first time in the Israeli parliament We are working on the series of implementation plans how to take the low carbon economy governmental declaration and make it a reality in sectors of energy which is actually a salty lake situated at the lowest place on earth This is the result of years of water diversion from the Jordan River for drinking and agriculture and from damage caused by mineral-extraction companies A secretive oil pipeline deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has raised fears that an oil spill might one day destroy the Red Sea coral reefs prized by scientists for their unique resilience against warming seas Water resources that traverse Israel and the occupied West Bank are threatened by sewage and pollution Zandberg said her team is involved in negotiations to ensure that Dead Sea factories address environmental concerns as licenses are renewed in the coming years The Israel-UAE pipeline is now under review by the government “and we will express our concerns in those discussions,” she said Zandberg has been pushing for a new tax on single-use plastics to go into effect next year an environmental advocacy group with offices in Israel said it is too early to judge Zandberg’s performance But he said her appointment has raised hopes that Israel can finally make some progress on long-festering issues “We’re in a very unique position where we have a minister of environment who is extremely committed to the issue and wants to succeed,” Bromberg said “You have an environment minister who’s an environmentalist.” will depend in part on her political skills Bromberg said that so far they appear to have a good rapport "\/liveblog_entry\/former-minister-convicted-in-plea-deal-over-submarine-affair\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=ClFLnSdD47KGiJgCjqfMfLz5XQut4YBB4JxpgKaYZWs-1746483503-1.0.1.1-yrgY5SaSDZ0GoDzaDl7ST_cpb6zypVg5RJJg4fG1Dp4" + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash);cpo.onload = function() {history.replaceState(null "\/liveblog_entry\/meretz-minister-zandberg-announces-break-from-politics\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=GF5BtnAhAXioUPkm2pYbGdibdz5xdn2wG596XsJdpow-1746483505-1.0.1.1-em6BpL6r.LJ8jWuQA64xnolAfHP5tlu9.Jn6idAn0Kg" + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash);cpo.onload = function() {history.replaceState(null WORLD backstroke champion Gerhard Zandberg has had controversial sanctions lifted by Swimming South Africa, according to The Citizen which are needed to litigate further in this matter towards its athletes and furthering the sport as a whole,” SSA said in a statement “Consequently and notwithstanding the actions by Mr Gerhard Zandberg SSA has withdrawn its findings and sanctions against Mr Zandberg.” SSA levied some heavy penalties against Zandberg for switching rooms to spend the night with his girlfriend allegedly without permission at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona has always claimed that the move was necessary as his roomate Cameron van der Burgh had a head cold that night and Zandberg was unable to sleep because of it Zandberg has stood behind his version of the story saying that he asked his federation for permission to change rooms After a lengthy disciplinary meeting that took place between the heats and semifinals of the 50 back the federation elected to fine Zandberg R50,000 and a complete a year of community service SSA also initially planned on banning Zandberg from competition for two years before backing down off that sanction Zandberg’s lawyers state that they have yet to accept SSA’s ruling today which we received this morning,” Zandberg’s lawyer Karen Van Eck said “But I have not had a chance to discuss it with my client It’s very premature for them to be issuing a statement.” Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " Solomon Zandberg leads an active sporting life despite missing his right hand Solomon uses a special prosthetic to hold a golf club Scored a beauty goal from the point with it the other day No doubt he’s as great as you describe but a nice shot isn’t exactly unique There are plenty of kids like that around and … If that was all Solomon Zandberg did with that one arm Because he indeed really can fire the puck All which you’d think would really benefit from the use of two hands “I’ve never quit because I can’t do something,” says the 17-year-old he has a prosthetic that attaches from the end of his arm just below the elbow — he was born without the rest of the limb — to the top of the club Fishing doesn’t sound like much of an issue until you really think about it The casting and reeling seems like it would require two hands Turns out there’s a workaround and he found it You’d expect weightlifting could be even more of a problem “I just try to work with whatever I can,” he says And if anything was going to be a real challenge Getting the proper balance when you’re not square to the handlebars took some time It’s on the ice that the absence of the arm really disappears If you weren’t looking for him in his Reach Forth Hockey League game or on his Hamilton District Christian High school team it would take a good long while to notice what wasn’t there it would probably only become apparent when you started wondering where his one glove went There aren’t a lot of one-handed players in the NHL to emulate So he would go out in the driveway and fire away at a net in front of the garage until he got it One had to be taped to the top of the stick So he eventually just stuck the butt end of the stick under his shorter arm and created leverage not having to lug around an extra arm is actually a whole lot easier “It’s not convenient to bring my prosthetic to school and put the stick on and whatever,” he says “So I just tucked (the stick) under my arm and that’s what I got used to.” Other players have done it but it’s still incredible to see how much velocity he can get with this unorthodox setup Jim Abbott once threw a perfect game in the Major Leagues with one hand Lots of people who are missing an arm or leg play sports Those who were watching the coverage just saw amazing performances in the Paralympics are we still surprised when we see it done so seamlessly Yet Solly doesn’t make it sound like a big deal Everyone who plays a game had to learn the skills at some point “We all start from learning a brand new thing and work on it from there.” Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account Site developed by     Copyright © Yedioth Internet According to the regulations at the Western Wall, as determined by its chief rabbi, and backed by the state authorities (the legal issues are a bit more complex and nuanced –  to read more, click here)  women are prohibited from wearing tefillin (phylacteries) or tallitot (prayer shawl) or reading from a Torah scroll at the Western Wall Women of the Wall have been protesting this practice for over two decades several female MKs joined hundreds of women at the wall bringing with them their parliamentary immunity MK Tamar Zandberg: “I am a secular woman this is the first time I have worn a prayer shawl but I came in solidarity with this feminist struggle.”  No one was arrested but Zandberg said police tried to stop her from entering the area with a prayer shawl “I just forced my way in,” she said and the fact that several MKs were among them Such protests both highlight and challenge the lack of religious freedom for Jews in the Jewish state itself and gender inequality in what Israel deems to be Judaism’s holiest site  I wonder what would happen if enough MKs and hundreds of people showed up to the weekly protests in the West Bank against occupation Mairav Zonszein is a journalist and editor who writes about Israel-Palestine and its role in U.S Our team has been devastated by the horrific events of this latest war The world is reeling from Israel’s unprecedented onslaught on Gaza inflicting mass devastation and death upon besieged Palestinians as well as the atrocious attack and kidnappings by Hamas in Israel on October 7 Our hearts are with all the people and communities facing this violence We are in an extraordinarily dangerous era in Israel-Palestine The bloodshed has reached extreme levels of brutality and threatens to engulf the entire region are seizing the opportunity to intensify their attacks on Palestinians The most far-right government in Israel’s history is ramping up its policing of dissent using the cover of war to silence Palestinian citizens and left-wing Jews who object to its policies one that +972 has spent the past 14 years covering: Israeli society’s growing racism and militarism We are well positioned to cover this perilous moment – but we need your help to do it This terrible period will challenge the humanity of all of those working for a better future in this land Palestinians and Israelis are already organizing and strategizing to put up the fight of their lives Can we count on your support +972 Magazine is a leading media voice of this movement a desperately needed platform where Palestinian and Israeli journalists and thinkers can report on and analyze what is happening 2021Get email notification for articles from Avi Bar-Eli FollowNov 4 2021Israel rejected Wednesday the deal with the United Arab Emirates to ship large quantities of oil through a pipeline running from the southern city of Eilat to Ashkelon days after a legal spat erupted between the pipeline's operator and Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg The Europe Asia Pipeline Co. which operates an oil pipeline stretching from Israel’s Red Sea port of Eilat to Ashkelon on the Mediterranean Sea will not be permitted to expand its transportation and storage of oil in the Gulf of Eilat beyond what it already has permission for provides for the shipment of an estimated 14 million tons of oil a year the equivalent of 50 to 70 oil tankers that would dock at the company’s Eilat pipeline terminal Open gallery viewThe Europe Asia Pipeline Company's Eilat port facility.Credit: Olivier FitoussiThe pipeline firm has been in the crosshairs of environmental groups over a contract with the UAE to ship greatly increased quantities of oil through the pipeline after which it would be loaded on ships headed for Europe Due to concerns over potential risks to the environment from the deal Zandberg had previously ordered her staff to cut off contact with Europe Asia Pipeline whose risk assessment documentation on the deal was also rejected by the ministry as inadequate Wednesday’s statement by Cohen appears to spell the end of the deal as far as the ministry is concerned Last week, Europe Asia Pipeline lodged a complaint with Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit claiming that Zandberg exceeded her ministerial authority in ordering her professional staff to break off contact with the company over the deal The company asked Mendelblit to order Zandberg to reverse course and "act only within the authority granted to her by law." Open gallery viewEnviroment Minister Tamar ZandbergCredit: Emil SalmanOn Tuesday an indictment was filed against the company accusing it of causing a severe oil spill at the Evrona nature reserve near Eilat in December 2014 The company described the incident as an isolated mishap Cohen’s comments appeared to respond to the company’s claim that the ministry had initially supported the deal and then switched course in June, after the new Israeli government was sworn in and Zandberg was appointed environment minister. The deal would involve unacceptable increased tanker traffic in Eilat, Cohen wrote, including the risk of oil leaks. The Eilat coast is an environmentally sensitive area, home to coral reefs and other marine life. 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All rights reserved which isn’t great for companies that want to make expensive cannabis By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org The longtime prime minister has said repeatedly that the coalition of his opponents poses a danger to the country (JTA) — In the days before Benjamin Netanyahu’s rival lawmakers announced that they had formed a government to replace the longtime prime minister one fled her home with her partner and baby after receiving what she called “severe threats” against their safety The threats to Tamar Zandberg of the left-wing Meretz party included a fake notice of her death that circulated on social media “Incitement leads to murder,” Labor lawmaker Emilie Moatti, a member of the incoming coalition, tweeted Tuesday “If it doesn’t stop there will be a murder here Netanyahu has not egged on a crowd of violent protesters and said before the March election that he would respect its results But he has said repeatedly this week that the coalition of his opponents poses a danger to Israel And his Likud party called for a protest in front of a rival’s home 6 but to the period leading up to the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a right-wing extremist Rabin’s assassination followed right-wing calls for his murder after he signed a peace accord with the Palestine Liberation Organization led by Yasser Arafat “The fact that because of a democratic process, public officials are being threatened, raises the great concern that we haven’t learned our lesson, neither from baseless hatred in Jewish history nor from the Rabin assassination,” Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said in a speech Monday referring to historical internecine fighting in Jewish societies “Now is the time for every public leader to unequivocally denounce every threat whatever the democratic decisions may be.” “We must state the obvious,” Zohar tweeted Tuesday “There’s no place for violent discourse and certainly not for threats against public officials and their families on the right or the left Netanyahu does not appear to have issued a similar condemnation he has repeatedly accused the new coalition of being a threat to the security and future of Israel On Sunday days before the rival coalition was announced whose members were all democratically elected to the world’s most brutal authoritarian regimes “A government like that is a danger to the security of Israel and is also a danger to the future of the state,” Netanyahu said The new coalition favors a “democracy with the laws of Iran, Syria and North Korea,” he said, because it may pass legislation imposing term limits which would effectively exclude Netanyahu from again running for prime minister It could also ban anyone under indictment from serving as prime minister On Thursday, his Likud party circulated a poster on Twitter calling for a “mass protest” that day outside the private home of Ayelet Shaked a right-wing politician who recently joined with Netanyahu’s opponents A far-right lawmaker (and former Shaked ally) also promised to attend the protest In a deleted post on Facebook the same day, Netanyahu’s son Yair also called for a protest outside the home of another right-wing By Israeli law, a vote installing the new coalition must be held on or before June 14 JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy At Monday's meeting at the Presidential Palace Magdalena Biejat was accompanied by representatives from medical and patient organizations Zaczynamy spotkanie z Prezydentem @AndrzejDuda. Jestem tu z ekspertami, przedstawicielami środowisk medycznych i pacjentów. Cel jest jasny: nie dopuścić do destrukcyjnych zmian w systemie ochrony zdrowia i na rynku pracy. NIE dla obniżki składki zdrowotnej. pic.twitter.com/imiDnzPlgK Poland spends significantly less on healthcare than most EU countries - around 5% of its GDP the Polish parliament passed a bill to reduce healthcare contributions for entrepreneurs the change would slash funding for the National Health Fund (NFZ) by more than 4.5 billion złoty (over $1 billion) The Finance Ministry insists the national budget will cover the shortfall but Biejat argues it will create another dangerous gap in the healthcare system with the richest benefiting most from the changes while the poorest citizens will bear the brunt calling the bill "so harmful that not even Senate amendments can fix it." He warned of an impending crisis and the partial privatization of public healthcare urging the president to veto what he described as a reckless policy "People will lose their health and lives because of this This madness must be stopped!" he said via social media Grozi nam zapaść i prywatyzacja ochrony zdrowia. Przez nieodpowiedzialną politykę rządu ludzie będą tracić zdrowie i życie. Ten obłęd trzeba zatrzymać! Przedstawiłem prezydentowi @AndrzejDuda twarde dane, czym grozi przyjęcie ustawy rządowej. Liczę, że zapadnie decyzja o wecie. pic.twitter.com/55Dp2QHxTg President Duda’s office has not yet disclosed his stance His spokesperson noted the bill is still under Senate review Source: IAR/PAP/X/@MagdaBiejat/@ZandbergRAZEM Go Home!The new Meretz chairwoman betrayed voters by using the services of a far-right spin doctor and compounded the damage by lying about it a political strategist known for his anti-left campaigns; dissembled when asked about it according to your interview with the Kalman-Liberman radio show on Reshet Bet Sunday morning and in fact openly lied — go home you’ll underscore the arguments of opponents of the left: The left is irresponsible it lies and takes shortcuts it wouldn’t allow anyone else to take the University of Arizona’s new tennis star inspired by watching her older brother play After serving two years in the Israeli Defense Forces she committed to continuing her tennis career and furthering her education “I chose Arizona because the hot weather is similar to Israel weather,” says Zandberg “During my visit I really liked the university atmosphere I really like the support that is here for the athletes.” The jump from the Israeli army to being a full-time student and full-time athlete has not come without struggle “I needed to get used to all the school work because I had to serve for two years in the army which means I didn’t study at all,” says Zandberg “But I like it here and I have met Jewish friends who showed me Chabad She was named Pac-12 player of the week in February she is finishing conference matches and preparing for finals “Talya is a remarkable young woman,” says Arizona Wildcat Women’s Tennis Head Coach Vicky Maes “She is a fierce competitor and will add a lot to our program in the next few years Coming to America at the spring semester and being thrown into college life and high-level competition right away is extremely challenging but Talya has done this with a big smile on her face “Now that I’m here I appreciate the culture and the people in Israel even more,” says Zandberg but Israel will always be where my heart belongs.” For the Arizona Wildcat Women’s Tennis schedule, visit arizonawildcats.com Zandberg believes that Israel’s level of preparedness to tackle environmental challenges has improved under the outgoing government Israel’s outgoing Minister for Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg urged the incoming Israeli government and the Arab world to embrace regional cooperation in battling the climate crisis just days after the Israeli president said the Middle East is on the brink of a climate catastrophe Zandberg made international headlines at the United Nations’ COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh simply for sitting next to high-ranking Lebanese and Iraqi officials whose countries do not recognize the Jewish nation’s existence and are still officially at war with Israel “The countries of the region share the warming and drying climate they can and should share the solutions,” Zandberg said on Tuesday “No country will be able to withstand the climate crisis alone and a joint effort by the countries of the region to share preparation and adaptation solutions is the most important thing for the coming years.” Zandberg stressed that cooperation between Israel and the Arab world is already taking place on numerous projects “We have been working with the Jordanians on cleaning up and rehabilitating the Jordan River We are much involved in the Cypriot regional initiative [Israel’s] Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej signed the solar energy-water desalination Memorandum of Understanding with Jordan and the Emirates,” she said This COP [conference] at Sharm el-Sheikh is the first time Israel has set up a national pavilion in a climate summit and it is attracting much attention,” the minister said “We have visitors from neighboring countries members of the Israeli delegations have been meeting with their regional counterparts especially since it takes place just next door to Israel Not everyone in the Middle East embraces Arab-Israeli cooperation; Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden faced criticism for exchanging words with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the conference Tunisia and Israel do not have diplomatic relations despite the North African country being considered one of the most liberal states in the Arab world She believes that Israel’s level of preparedness to tackle environmental challenges has improved over the past year under the Lapid-Bennett government “Israel arrived to COP27 much more prepared than for COP26 we have adopted a series of decisions and allocated considerable funding for fighting climate change It has definitively been a priority for the government,” she said Zandberg expressed hope that the new Israeli government would be committed to the vision of pursuing zero net emissions by 2050 “We started late in the game and had considerable catching up to do we could pass this goal and be even more ambitious than 27%,” Zandberg said in reference to the net-emissions reduction target for 2030 The Israeli pavilion at COP27 arranged an event which highlighted other cutting-edge technologies that could meet climate goals “Dealing with the climate crisis requires us to strengthen our data gathering and analysis capabilities Space technologies provide us with opportunities to improve the observation of changes such as in temperatures special envoy for climate change and sustainability with the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Israel needs advanced capabilities to enhance our understanding of threat scenarios and preparations for them.”  the Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection is working to build a national risk map that would be able to collect information in all tiers from space The information would feed into “sensitive maps that will allow us to understand where it is necessary to act with the greatest urgency,” he said The All Israel News Staff is a team of journalists in Israel Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg (Oren Ben Hakoon) Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg announced Sunday that it plans to oppose a motion by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority to effectively instate gender-segregated swimming at nature reserves the Justice Ministry instructed the INPA to suspend a pilot program to that effect but the Nature and Parks Authority's legal counsel insisted that implementing the move – lobbied for by the Jewish rights group Bezalmo which claimed not doing so precluded observant Israelis from visiting many nature sites – would not The Attorney General's Office ruled that the INPA did not have the authority to make such a decision independently Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber said at the time that the Israel Nature and Parks Authority has no right to implement separate-sex swimming at its nature reserves unless the issue was regulated by law "Gender segregation is a form of exclusion and constitutes a material violation of equality," Zandberg said "The American court ruled as early as the 1950s that 'segregation' means 'not equal.'  Israeli reality in recent years is rife with segregation – in public transportation There is no room to further expand segregation in the public sphere." She stressed that "as the attorney general has ruled that [the INPA] has no authority on the issue I will adamantly oppose any attempt to pass legislation on this issue aimed at normalizing exclusion in the public sphere." United Torah Judaism leader Moshe Gafni called Zandberg's order barring the Nature and Parks Authority from instating gender-segregated swimming in two locations "dark and primitive." anyone whose lifestyle differs from that of the new minister cannot enjoy the bathing sites at INPA parks Betzalmo CEO Shai Glick vowed to "spare no effort to overturn this decision" and reiterated that as the plan for gender-segregated swimming would only affect a handful of sites "it would not infringe on anyone's rights." 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