Environment minister Erdan, fresh off victory at Palmahim, wants to put brakes on plan for massive holiday resort at Nitzanim Beach

23.05.2011                      19.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 34 des Omer

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Environment minister Erdan, fresh off victory at Palmahim, wants to put brakes on plan for massive holiday resort at Nitzanim Beach

Call to scrap project follows campaigns opposing the holiday resoirt, by Israel Union for Environmental Defense and the Society for the Protection of Nature.

Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan is intent on blocking plans to construct a large holiday resort village near Nitzanim Beach, just as he blocked plans for a similar project near Palmahim Beach.
Over the weekend, Erdan informed environmental activists that he has been lobbying the Israel Lands Administration and the Ashkelon Beach Local Authority to scrap the project….