Thanks to Zalul there is now hope for the Herod River.

Zalul and the Acco based organization, Green Cell, partnered to bring together 200 students from the Acco area to protest the closure of their beaches during the middle of the summer season.

Executive Director of Zalul, Yariv Abramovich, turned to Mayor Yonah Yahav by letter after his agreement to build a pipe to the sea for the effluent of the Kishon factories was concealed from the public by Minister Yehudit Naot in light of the plan's environmental consequences.

On December 27, 2007 the Supreme Court accepted Zalul's appeal and ordered a new hearing on the subject of ALA Pipeline's permit to discharge sewage into the sea.

While the demonstration was planned by Zalul, many other groups participated including fishermen from the Acco area, students from "Green Course", workers of the Acco municipality and residents of Acco.The demonstration was in protest of the ALA Pipeline and the pollution of the Gulf of Acco.

Dozens of Zalul's volunteers, fishermen and students onstrated on Tuesday, 10-31-06, in front of the Carmel Hotel in Haifa where a discussion about the sewage of the Kishon factories took place

Zalul's Director, Yariv Abramovich, recently turned to the Director of Israel's Port Authority, Mr. Shlomo Breiman, and to the members of the Kishon RiverAuthority warning them of the hidden dangers in the dredging project in the Haifa harbor and the Kishon River estuary and demanded the work be ceased immediately until the matter is comprehensively and methodically checked.

The Ministry of Environment must work to stop the illegal operation of the Ala Pipeline near Acco.
After turning to many different responsible bodies at the Ministry of Environment in order to put an end to the illegal operation of the Ala Pipeline, the efforts were in vain. Now Zalul turned to the Minister of Environment in a request that he take the matter into his own hands.

As a result of major pollution in the Gulf of Acco, in which the coastal beaches of the city have been closed, and due to a convention in the city led by Zalul that took place the weekend before, the Internal Committee for the Environment in the Knesset, led by Knesset Member David Azulai, convened on July 2 to discuss the pollution problem.

On Friday 29.06 at noon, Zalul, together with the Municipality of Acco, The Green Cell of Acco and additional organizations convened with residents to rescue the gulf of Acco.

The Court in Haifa accepted Zalul's and Acco's plea and disqualified the permit to spill into the sea that was awarded to Miluban.

The Court decided that the Permit Committee must convene again to re-discuss awarding the permit to the polluting factory.

The demonstration took place as part of the Zalul’s joint campaign with the Acco municipality against the pollution in the Gulf of Acco. Approximately 40 people participated on the demonstration in which signs stating “who is the next victim?” were displayed and petitions under the same headline were signed.

The regatta organized by Zalul Association in cooperation with the Municipality of Acco was in objection to the sewage being spilled into the sea.
Simultaneously, Zalul and “Eco Ocean”, a research organization, conducted tests at the bottom of the Gulf of Acco in order to monitor sewage spills.

February, 2006: According to Zalul, the decision of the committee is scandalous and embarrassing. Zalul plans to take immediate legal action in order to appeal the committee's decision, and turn to the Minister of Environment with a plea to reconsider the appointment of the director of the Permit Committee.

The Israeli Ports Corporation cleared out 75 tons of sludge from three pools on the banks of the Kishon River. The sludge was removed via train to the 'Efee' hazardous waste site in the Negev. A year earlier, Zalul had exposed the dangerously contaminated Kishon River in its report "Contaminated Ground in the Haifa Gulf" (January, 2005).

November, 2005: Members of the planning sub-committee unanimously decided against the construction of a marina in Bat-Galim, and directed the developers to find an alternative location for the project.against the construction of the marina and directed the entrepreneurs to find an alternative location for the project.

Along the Haifa Bay there is a very unique spot in the area where the Carmel Mountain meets the sea. The huge rock of the Carmel Mountain continues underwater and creates a reef where one can find such creatures as giant sea turtles, octopuses, and a great array of fish.

In a letter that Zalul received on the 23rd of June from the Ministry of Security, the ministry announced that due to the pollution of the Naaman River, the IDF will halt its training in the Gulf of Acco.

Cadets in a Navy commanders' course were exposed to sea pollution in Acco after warnings from the Ministry of Health. As a result, Zalul Organization contacted the Minister of Security in a request to begin an investigation of the incident.

The Na’aman River – general background

Dozens of naval commando fighters have been afflicted with cancer after conducting regular diving training sessions in the Kishon as part of their regular training

Before the opening of the Haifa branch, “Zalul” conducted an initial survey (including pictures) that presents the various pollution factors along the northern shore of Israel.