Tortured Soil: Transforming a Thriving Ecosystem into a Wasteland

Palestinian entomologist and horticulturist Karim Gharbi’s 41-minute presentation covers the following topics: What is a healthy soil; effects of shelling on soil; heavy metals and plants; soil salinity; transfer of rubble; effects on Israel; Israel’s weaponization of herbicides; “making the desert bloom”; and greenwashing.