Israel in the dumps

ACTIVISTS of the environmental group -Greenpeace stoppeda ship from dumping toxic wastes offIsrael's coast. Thisincident occured inthe first week ofMay, this year. Tostall the dumping,inflatable Green-peace boats circledthe Israeli ship -carrying toxic wastefrom the HaifaChemicals Ltd company- off the coast of Haifa.Said Ori Zik, a visibly indignantGreenpeace spokesperson. "The company dumps heavily acidic toxic wastewhich is melting down the already polluted Mediterranean. They dump it outside Israeli territorial waters and this is a violation."