Ale-Yarok believes that the environmental issues confronting Israel are no less crucial to its future and survival than issues of military security and national affairs. Israel is using up its natural resources - clean air, fresh water, arable soil and living space - at a pace that will soon render life at current population rates untenable.

Therefore, Ale-Yarok will seek to do the following:

Legislation - Ale-Yarok will introduce new legislation to:

  • Conserve resources and prevent air, water and soil pollution;

  • Increase penalties for pollution and place personal liability and mandatory minimum fines on business executives for any illegal pollution committed under their authority;

  • Provide for railway-based system of mass transportation;

  • Encourage recycling of all waste products, on all levels;

  • Combat the practice of sea front construction;

  • Establish minimum amounts of open and green spaces in all inhabited areas;

  • Provide government subsidies for the adoption of alternative energies in all its forms and for all uses;

  • Make recycling of all used materials a national priority;   

Enforcement: Ale-Yarok will work to significantly increase the penalties for all environmental abuses - especially pollution, sand and water theft and construction encroaching on public spaces. Ale-Yarok shall insist that the budget of the Department for Environmental issues shall be doubled at least, in order to provide for enforcement personnel and mechanism; insist that the Minister of Environmental Issues shall be included in the inner cabinet, so that environmental implications shall be considered in the shaping of all major policies.

Education: Ale-Yarok will work so that environmental studies be included in the curriculum of all state-sponsored education system, in order to increase awareness of this crucial issue.