Israeli minister does not bring a wheelchair to the climate conference Israeli Energy Minister Karen Al-Harrar suffers from muscular dystrophy and is in a wheelchair. That’s why she couldn’t take part in the climate conference in Glasgow on Monday: two hours later, she gave up. Worked better on Tuesday. DrIsraeli Energy Minister Karen El-Harrar involuntarily demonstrated on Monday how bad things were with the inclusion: She was unable to attend the United Nations climate conference, which she flew from Israel to Glasgow, because it was not accessible to disabled people. Al-Harrar, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, uses a wheelchair and...