The 1957 tank farm is used to store fuel and is a central link in the petrochemical production system in the Haifa Bay. The farm is located next to Degania Street in Kiryat Haim and according to experts it causes excess cancer incidence in Kiryat Haim, due to the emission of the carcinogenic gases released into the air from the fuel tanks.
The members of the Kiryat Chaima committee are taking part in the effort to convince decision makers to remove this farm, as well as to eliminate the fuel industry in Haifa Bay.
The Kiryat Haim committee informed Lahi Pa - the news corporation:
The Kiryat Chaim Committee expands the fight for the removal of the 1959 tanks and against the establishment of an international airport in the Haifa Bay
The Kiryat Haim Committee decided to harness ministers, members of the Knesset and other public figures in the fight to evacuate the 1959 tanks and against the establishment of an international airport in Haifa Bay.
Last Thursday, the Kiryat Haim Committee hosted the member of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee in the Knesset MK Mofid Marai (Blue and White). The heads of the committee, together with MK Mofid Marai, toured the Kiryat Haim beach, which is receding from the coastline as a result of the establishment of the Chinese port and its location next to the 1959 tank farm, which is located near residential houses and the Degania school.
Chairman of the Kiryat Haim Tsila Baruch Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Committee Pesach Tabak and Baruch Shamailov, Director General of the Committee Haim Segal and member of the committee's management Yossi Lapid, asked MK Mofid Marai to join their fight to evict the 1959 tank farm, which is a health hazard The cause of much and severe morbidity - cancer and more, odor nuisances and a real and immediate danger to the residents of Kiryat Haim and the area during war.
"The residents of Kiryat Haim feel disconnected from the city of Haifa"
The heads of the Kiryat Haim Committee clarified to MK Mofid Marai the fact that the residents of Kiryat Haim feel cut off from the city of Haifa and noted that, as mentioned, there is an immediate need to vacate the 1959 tank farms. They also emphasized to MK Mofid Marai that together with the mayors of the cities in Kiryat, they are opposed to the establishment of an international airport in the Haifa Bay, which could be an environmental nuisance for the residents of all Kiryats. Chairman of the Kiryat Haim Board Tsila Baruch: "Establishment of an international airport and the transfer of civil aviation from Herzliya to the airport in Haifa, could turn the lives of the residents into a nightmare and we will do everything we can together with the mayors of Kiryat and the Zevlon regional council in order to prevent its establishment. An international airport should be established far from population centers."
MK Mofid Marai expressed to the heads of the Kiryat Haim Committee his support for the eviction of the tank farms as soon as possible and stated that, by virtue of his position as a member of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee in the Knesset, he intends to carry out a thorough examination of their request for the evacuation of the tank farms, the restoration of the Kiryat Haim beach and even their opposition to the establishment of an international airport in Haifa Bay.
Also, after the heads of the Kiryat Chaim Board presented to him the extensive activities carried out by the committee for the sake of the community in a variety of fields - welfare, education, culture, assistance to the elderly and needy, water supply, etc., he emphasized that he also intends to check with the relevant officials in the Ministry of the Interior the claims they made to him about the deprivation that the residents of Kiryat Haim feel as a result of the municipal affiliation of the Kiryat to Haifa.
The heads of the Kiryat Haim Committee thanked MK Mofid Marai for his visit and expressed their hope that he would assist them in the most important issues raised before him.
It's all a show. They did not forget to mention the chairman and the deputies and more.. because this is the most important. As long as the "committee" does not manage to organize demonstrations by thousands of residents of the Kariya every week, the containers will not be moved.
stop whining we need to do something stand up with one voice say goodbye to the city of Haifa build a new city and we will also be millionaires with all the businesses we have from Kishon to the north
Zvika is right, Haifa Municipality are the main culprits who gave a hand to this. Also because they did not want to harm all those employed in Haifa Chemicals, the city did not want to lose all the millions in taxes that would have come from the company. disgust The authorities really ignored concern for the interests of company owners, what is happening today, the government also strengthens the rich with power, they don't pay taxes like an ordinary citizen pays. And the air purification will pay for the damages. We must pay reparations money
Because of them their family members died from the terrible disease
I grew up in western Kiryat Haim...my parents and sister died of cancer..my brother also got cancer and many, many residents of the west were affected by various types of cancer....when there was a southerly wind from the direction of the tanks, the smell of oil and chemicals would fill the houses that's how we grew up...and the seaside the sea as you approached the shipyards was yellow And the green sand was full of sewage from the chemical plants that spilled into the sea where we bathed that's how we grew up
The state sacrificed the health and lives of the residents in the west for the benefit of the chemical factories...
The mayor does not count Kiryat Haim, only uses the funds that are intended for her. Go already
Well done to the committee! You guys keep fighting.
Cliché - home!
where we got
The committee turned to a Knesset member from Ra'am. The main thing was that the committee strengthened him.
Too bad for the effort, nothing will happen
Just advertising that they are doing something. very sad that we depend on the Arab to manage the problem for us. I chose the rescue and really for the first time I heard that something was being done. In the meantime, the mayor continues to destroy every part. You need to contact Ayelet Shaked. She is the Minister of the Interior and she does nothing, does not kick her out. The mayor's office. Most Haifaites are against.
Still letting her continue to destroy. It's really sad how the Minister of the Interior continues to destroy together with Klish.
Shame there are still the tanks, people are dead and no one cares.... First of all, shame on the Haifa municipality for abandoning Kiryat Haim, which must separate and establish its own municipality like any other Kiryat