Oil Spill Brings Hard Questions for the Office of Environmental Protection
Lesson Brief
The Marker
On December 6, The Marker reported on the recent crude oil spill in a nature reserve in southern Israel and noted the Office of Environmental Protection's attempts to answer some of the crucial questions surrounding the reasons for the spill. Media sources reported that during the process of shifting the route of the oil pipeline, a connector broke and automatic valves were not activated, leading to the spill.
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- to seep into the ground
- לחלחל לקרקע, מחלחל
- lessons were derived
- לקחים הופקו
- to delineate the line
- לתחום את קטע הקו, תוחם
- splitting of the oil pipeline
- ביקוע צינור הנפט
- jet fuel
- דלק סילוני
- trans-Israel pipeline
- קצא"א
- automatic valves
- מגופים אוטומטיים
- contamination of ground water
- זיהום מי תהום
- the work of pumping the oil
- מלאכת שאיבת הנפט
- nature reserve
- שמורת הטבע