Dozens of activists from environmental groups protested in Jerusalem on Monday against plans to open a new coal-based power plant in the southern city of Ashkelon. The protesters included groups such as Greenpeace, the legal aid society Man, Nature and Law, Shtil, as well as Ashkelon residents and municipality employees.
They gathered outside the offices of the National Infrastructures Committee in the capital and handed in 20,000 objections filed against the opening of the plant. The legally mandated period for citizens to file objections to the project ended today.
Past Greenpeace protests against the plant have included dumping coal in front of the National Infrastructures Ministry and rappelling down the side of the building to hang a giant sign saying the plant would "kill Ashkelon in one week".