Pressure is now being put on the Ministry of Environmental Protection to declare Haifa a pollution-stricken area in light of the alarming findings of ongoing pollution and morbidity data As you will see in this link.
Commentary - the declaration of Haifa as a pollution-stricken area:
Such a declaration is of great significance, both for the residents of Haifa and for the captains of the city. In the Green Movement's letter to the Minister of Environmental Protection, the movement justifies the need for the announcement as follows: "Continuous or repeated deviation from environmental standards or abnormal air pollution. Second, an opinion of the Director General of the Ministry of Health that there is a fear of serious damage to public health or the environment. According to the data in the hands of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the two prerequisites have long been fulfilled in the Haifa Bay area. "
Some argue that in this case the city management has the duty to resign, since such a declaration embodies years of continuous neglect and lack of enforcement.
Therefore, it is clear to everyone that the municipality of Haifa will do everything in its power to prevent such an announcement.
Yona Yahav - will prevent such an announcement at all costs
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For the residents, such an announcement may be an important first step on the way to reviving the city and saving the lives of many who will become sick in the coming years due to the ongoing pollution.
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Haifa is plagued by pollution,
And stupid to keep quiet about a city council that deliberately does nothing.
We want a mayor of the residents and not of the polluters.
Enough for the rustling of Yahav's ruling capital and the polluters in the Gulf.
"Haifa is not plagued by pollution" - this is what the Ministry of Health announced recently, and resulted in the cancellation of the intention to declare the Haifa Bay area as an area plagued by pollution.
Link to the article on The Marker website
"Greens of Haifa" We call on the mayor of Haifa and the municipal administration to come to their senses and understand immediately that we are on the brink of
Declaration of Haifa as a "pollution-stricken city" by the government. The municipality must now present a serious plan based on our repeated proposals for years,
How should we deal with the problem of air pollution in our region, which brings severe morbidity and unusual mortality from several diseases to Haifa (see the Ministry of Health reports published last year as well).
The consequences of such a declaration (which currently seems inevitable) will be serious and will cause serious damage to the city's image.
For this purpose, today our faction will submit an urgent proposal to the council's agenda (through Edr. Shmuel Galbhart), in the hope that there will be a comprehensive discussion on this in the council.
Let's not complain about Mr. Yona Yahav and his people after such an announcement has already been made and let them not blame anyone but themselves.
For years, the current municipal administration has consciously ignored the continuous pollution of the air in Haifa and consistently denies its deadly consequences.
In vain will the city officials blame the authors of the unambiguous studies on the subject, in vain will they blame the problem of air pollution on transportation, after all for cancer and respiratory disease patients it does not matter what the source of the pollution is1 It is enough to read the studies pointing to the petrochemical industry in the Haifa Bay as the main source of the air pollution that causes unusual morbidity and mortality in Israel On a large scale, in addition to other serious risks created by some of the polluting industry in Haifa Bay.
The public is not stupid and understands that Yona Yahav is personally committed and connected to the owners of the aforementioned factories. He occasionally receives small donations from them, which are cynical and pathetic
The huge profits that those capitalists reap from these facilities are at the expense of the general public. As a result of Yahav's deliberate neglect, the city's residents have been exposed for years to the air poisoning in our surroundings.
It is not enough that the natural gas will not reach the area's factories at this stage, Mr. Yona Yahav is really going out of his way to approve the construction of new and extremely polluting facilities for those polluters, to be added to the existing ones.
In this context, Mr. Yahav's passionate involvement in approving the establishment of the deadly polluting and dangerous "right-wing detonator" stands out - in the area of the refineries. This is how Yahav proves who he really works for, for example: the owners of Bezan (the Ofer Group) to whom he is heavily connected and at the expense of the general public in Haifa and its surroundings!
In light of this, we are calling for the execution of the Makfat plan that will be presented on our behalf for a vote tonight in the city council.
From reading the quotes I understand the following:
Prof. Grotto (who holds a senior professional position) talks about a variety of pollution sources, which is what we all know and are familiar with.
Dr. Gamzo (who holds a senior political position), on the other hand, supports the mayor's position that the main problem stems from transportation and not from industry (this text was not marked with a yellow marker). This may be the case when the supply of natural gas is restored, but today it is certainly not true. Therefore, the mayor claims on many occasions, as soon as the matron starts operating - everything will be wonderful, and there is nothing to harass the owners of the factories in Haifa Bay.
Removing the issue from the municipality's agenda is a mistake, because the municipality has an obligation to address the issue to the best of its ability. Since this is an engineering issue, political disregard will not solve the problem, and even if in a year the gas supply is renewed and the matron is activated, the intensity of the problem will decrease, temporarily, but the problem will not disappear. Here too, similar to the story of the train, the residents will pay the price for the failure of the competent authorities. Whether the mayor's position is based, in good faith, on the position of the Director General of the Ministry of Health, or whether it has another source, it leads to the continuation of the problem and its expected worsening in the future.
It is up to us, the residents who hold Haifa dear to their hearts, to mobilize and promote root treatment of this painful issue, which claims many victims every year.
In the film where Yahav advises the people of the green movement to "urgently" somewhere the survey of the coalition for public health, he claims that the pollution is from the vehicles. In light of the massive construction of roads and the creation of a city that revolves around vehicles, it can be said that it does indeed contribute a lot to the issue of vehicle pollution.
Beyond that, this complacency is a direct continuation of conduct that is full of disdain for the intelligence of the smart Haifa people (he claims they are smart), disdain for the people and their health, disdain for the young people who want to stay here and build a better city and disdain for everything that is not himself and embodies his perception.
I recommend Lihav to move to an area from where they inhale the industrial air. Life in Dania probably confuses him, but what can be asked of someone who has been accused as a member of the board of directors of electrochemical industries in Acre that polluted the area in a human way and collapsed the society economically while turning a blind eye to the members of the board and cooperating in silence
Here he gathered news about the severe pollution caused by the factory. But on second thought maybe there were too many cars there too. You really should have checked on Yom Kippur to see the truth.
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The first news and the emphasis on Yona Yahav as a defendant and a member of Akhir's board of directors
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"What has not changed in the request of the Kanar lawsuit, represented by attorney Yair Leibovitch, Osnat Shtemer-Yedaikin and Yoni Ben Simon from the Levinbook office, these are The serious accusations of fraud and bribery against the officials. The lawsuit is directed against a long list of individuals and entities, including the controlling owner ICC and those behind it, the chairman of the board John Farber, the company's CEO Amir Andolt, and the mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav who served as a director of the company. The main amount that has not changed in the lawsuit is that of the defendant from the insurance company Menora, which insured the directors, and is about NIS 100 million. ".
A message to the public, the media, and everyone who is worried about the health of their family in the Haifa area
The Environment Day that took place yesterday in the Knesset, became the disgrace of the municipality and its leader
At the municipal council hearing last night.
On the agenda was the proposal of the "Greens of Haifa" to hold a discussion, with the participation of scientists,
academia, and environmental activists, in the intention of the Ministries of Environmental Protection and Health, to announce
The Haifa region as an area plagued by pollution.
The coalition led by Yahav and guided by him dropped the issue from the agenda -
Without any discussion, and without any reasoning!
Yahav and those who control the petrochemical plants and refineries are the last of the pollution deniers.
According to them, "the link between industrial pollution and morbidity has never been proven", when all the research bodies
And medicine, in Israel and around the world, has proven this for a long time
On the public health coalition reports, based on these scientific studies, and on
Data from the Association of Haifa Cities for Environmental Quality, was in honor of the Mayor of Haifa, Adv. Yona Yahav,
To say only this: let them push him...! (At a Mosert meeting with "Green Magma" activists).
He probably forgot for a moment that he himself is the head of the union...
Since the issue was brutally removed by Yahav from the agenda of the municipality, we intend to bring it up
before the commissioner of Haifa district. We will consider the continuation of our activity in light of his reference and the steps he will take.
One thing is certain: Yahav can reduce the issues of air pollution, morbidity, and unusual mortality
In the Haifa area, the agenda of the municipality. However, he cannot, and we cannot, lower the issue
The agenda of Haifa and its residents.
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Abnormalities in air pollution, morbidity, and mortality in the Haifa area
The version of Yona Yahav and the controlling owners of the factories - in front of the science and research version
Who will you believe?
Haifa Bay as an air pollution victim. [Yahav: You breathe the cleanest air in Israel...].
Much scientific information from around the world points to clear risk indicators for exposure to pollution
air. Data from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Health reveal the rate of heart, lung and asthma diseases
children, above the national average in the Haifa governorate. According to epidemiological studies there is
Still a health risk in the area. [Yahav: The data is from 10 years ago, not from now...].
Of the causes of air pollution for their types, about 70% are from industry, and about 30% from transportation.
Concentrations higher than the target values set by the Clean Air Law were found in most of the pollutants.
[Yahav, the chairman of the union (!) responds to the data I presented: they don't have dawn...].
The Haifa and Kiryat area is characterized by a concentration of industry and heavy traffic. There is a fear in him
for serious damage to public health due to air pollution, due to the load of emissions,
and information about the excess morbidity in the area. [Dr. Yahav: A connection between infection has never been proven
Air from industry, for morbidity...].
The area has excess morbidity in lung diseases. Asthma morbidity exceeds the average
The national 2-3 times. Ministry of Health: There is no information on the connection between air pollution and asthma
New, known for many years in Israel and the world. [Yahav: No connection has ever been proven...].
Pancreas in the Haifa region, compared to last year. [Yahav: It has never been proven...].
Latest in the number of treatments for cancer patients. [Yahav: The problem is an image one...].
Air pollution is among the highest in the country. For the first time, morbidity can be attributed to emissions from BZN.
No more pollutants should be added to the area, because the current pollution harms public health.
[Yahav: supports the establishment of the right-wing bomber, an additional and dangerous polluter for the area...].
Abnormal morbidity in the Haifa district, during the year we took samples, and in a significant part of them
We discovered high concentrations of toxic and carcinogenic substances. [Yahav replies to the students
who asked for his reference to the report: push him...].
12% of the country's residents live in the Haifa area, 17% of all cancer patients in the country,
And 20% of all children with cancer in the country!
that I submitted, to reduce air pollution, morbidity and mortality, and they were all rejected by Yahav.
Yahav plan to reduce air pollution: reducing the amount of travel in our cars.
The municipality's plan to reduce morbidity: changing dietary habits, and sports activity.
Not a word about the polluting factories, controlled by capitalists close to the government.
The members of the municipal council, partners in the government of Mr. Yahav who heads it:
How will you explain at home, to the families, why you rejected the offer this time as well?
Even just to discuss the issue?
Shmuel Galbhart, architect and urban planner
Chairman of the Haifa Greens in the City Council