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Environmentalists in Israel and Palestine Fight To Save Cross-Border Water Resources
March 26th, 2025
Via Grist, an article on efforts by environmentalists in Israel and Palestine fight to save cross-border water resources: Wadi Gaza is the estuary of Nahal Besor, a stream mentioned in the Bible. It flows west from Hebron in the West Bank, through Israeli territory and on through Gaza into the Mediterranean Sea. Today, after 18 […]
Read more »Water Security: Key Part of Israel’s Strategy for Regional Security
December 14th, 2024
With all the unrest and change in Syria, it is important to recognize that Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights is also critical for the country’s water security. Rainwater draining from the Golan is a crucial water source for Israel’s largest freshwater reservoir, the Sea of Galilee.
Read more »How Israel’s War on Gaza Unraveled a Landmark Mideast Water-for-Energy Deal
July 24th, 2024
Via Grist, a detailed look at how Israel’s war on Gaza impacted Just weeks before the international climate summit in Dubai, one of the biggest climate agreements ever proposed between Middle Eastern countries unraveled. For two years, Israel and Jordan had negotiated a trade of precious resources they’ll need in a hotter future: renewable energy […]
Read more »Israel’s Weaponization of Water
April 8th, 2024
Via TriContinental, commentary on Israel’s use of water as a weapon in its war against Palestinians by denying access and destroying infrastructure: By November 2023, it was already clear that the Israeli government had begun to deny Palestinians in Gaza access to water. ‘Every hour that passes with Israel preventing the provision of safe drinking […]
Read more »Palestinian President Accuses Israel of ‘Deliberately Causing Thirst’ in Gaza
March 28th, 2024
Via Anadolu Agency, a report on the immense water scarcity pressure in the Gaza Strip: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Friday of “deliberately causing thirst” and spreading diseases in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency, WAFA. Abbas made the remarks on World Water Day, which is celebrated annually on March […]
Read more »The Red-Dead Sea Canal: A Fading Pipe Dream To Fix The Middle East’s Water Woes
February 14th, 2024
Via IFL Science, a look at the proposed Red-Dead Sea Canal which, with relationships in the Middle East at an all-time low, the Red Sea–Dead Sea may never come to fruition: Two fingers of the Red Sea – the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba – rise through the Middle East between Egypt, […]
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