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The views and opinions in the following collection of material do not reflect those of EnPAx, its directors, or staff, and are provided in the context of academic and professional discourse without bias.

The attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023 and Israel's subsequent attacks on Gaza take place in a broader historical context with substantial environmental dimensions, particularly related to land and water. This subsite collects resources relating to the environmental dimensions of the conflict between Palestine and Israel, as well as efforts to build peace through shared environmental interests.

Featured News Resources


Israel: Israel’s Farms Need Foreign Labourers. The Hamas Attacks Triggered an Exodus

Nov 26, 2023 | Joseph Ataman, Nic Robertson and Kocha Olarn, CNN


Israel/Palestine/Gaze: Gaza's Solar Power in Wartime

Nov 21, 2023 | Will Todman, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., and Jennifer Jun, Center for Strategic & International Studies


Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Gaza War Inflicts Catastrophic Damage on Infrastructure and Economy

Nov 17, 2023 | Reuters


Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Israeli Attacks Worsen Gaza's Vulnerability amid Climate Change

Oct 29, 2023 | Yeter Ada Seko, Anadolu Agency


Israel/Palestine/Gaza: How Bombings, Blockades and Import Bans Caused Gaza’s Water System to Crumble

Oct 25, 2023 | Damien Gayle, Guardian


Israel/Palestine: In Palestine and Israel, De-Escalating Conflict through Environmental Action

Oct 24, 2023 | Daphne Chouliaraki Milner, Atmos


Israel/Gaza: In Gaza, People Resort to Drinking Salty Water, Garbage Piles up

Oct 16, 2023 | Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters


Israel: What Israel-Hamas War Means for Global Oil Market

Oct 16, 2023 | Natalie Grover and Ahmad Ghaddar, Reuters


Israel/Gaza: Humanitarian Crisis for Food Insecurity, Lack of Water Supply about to Begin in Gaza, Experts Say

Oct 13, 2023 | Julia Jacobo, ABC News


Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon

Oct 12, 2023 | Human Rights Watch


Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Water Woes Highlight Dashed Hopes of Oslo Accords

Sep 10, 2023 | Agence France-Presse


Israel/Palestine: West Bank Water Wars: Palestinian Taps Dry as Israeli Water Flows

Aug 17, 2023 | Isabel Debre, Associated Press


Israel/Palestine: Weaponising Water in Palestine

Jul 27, 2023 | Al Jazeera


Israel/Palestine: Israeli Forces Fire at Palestinian Farmers, Shepherds in Gaza

Aug 27, 2022 | New Arab


Israel/Palestine: Israel Creates Water Shortages for Palestinians

Aug 23, 2022 | Catholic News Service


Gaza: Most of Gaza’s Water Polluted on World Water Day

Mar 22, 2022 | Ashraf Shannon, PRESS TV


Palestine/Syria: Access to Natural Resources by Palestinians, Syrians Should Not Be Denied, Delegates Tell Second Committee

Oct 18, 2021 | UN


Israel/Palestine: UK Palestinian Justice Centre Defends Gallery Exhibit on Israel-Palestine Conflict

Aug 13, 2021 | Middle East Eye


Gaza: Gazans Flock to Beaches Despite Pollution Disaster

Jun 9, 2021 | Mai Abu Hasaneen, Al-Monitor


Gaza/West Bank: In the West Bank, Cleaner Streets Mean Better Environmental and Living Conditions for Communities

Dec 16, 2020 | World Bank


Israel/Palestine: West Bank's Ancient Terraces Threatened by Settlers' Plan to Build Business Park on Unesco Site

Jun 11, 2020 | James Rothwell, Telegraph


Israel/Palestine: Israel's High Court Strikes Down West Bank Land-Grab Law as 'Unconstitutional'

Jun 9, 2020 | Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz


Israel/Palestine: Land Grab and Deportation: A Leading Israeli Lawyer's Annexation Prediction

May 20, 2020 | Meron Rapoport, MIddle East Eye


Israel/Palestine: Palestinians Tear Gassed in Protests against Israeli Settlements

May 16, 2020 | Al Jazeera


Gaza: Israel Billionaire Hopes to Bring Drinking Water in the War-Torn Gaza Strip

May 6, 2020 | Zaini Majeed, Republic World


Israel/Palestine: Israel to Open Seven New Nature Reserves in Occupied West Bank

Jan 16, 2020 | Bel Trew, Independent


Palestine: Bedouin Kids Join Global Climate Strike in Palestine’s First Extinction Rebellion Protest

Oct 19, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement


Palestine: Empowering Women as Sustainable Energy Leaders in Palestine

Oct 8, 2019 | Mariam Barghouti


Palestine: Palestinians Hope to Import Iraqi Oil, become More Energy Independent

Sep 30, 2019 | Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor


Palestine: Palestine's Energy Transformation: How Does Energy Scarcity Intersect with Gender Justice?

Aug 22, 2019 | Madeleine Race, The Ecologist


Israel/Palestine/Gaza: A Spillover Crisis: How Gaza’s Water Shortage Affects Israel

Jul 11, 2019 | Tamar Lavi, Zavit


Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Israeli Spraying of Herbicide Near Gaza Harming Palestinian Crops

Jul 19, 2019 | Miriam Berger, Guardian


Palestine: Storm Adds to Misery of Gaza’s Most Vulnerable

Jan 9, 2015 | Majd al Waheidi and Jode Rudoren, New York Times


Israel/Palestine: Hundreds of Palestinians Infected by Polluted Water

Jun 27, 2019 | Middle East Monitor


Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Gaza Incendiary Balloons Spark Dozens of Fires in Southern Israel

Jun 27, 2019 | Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel


Gaza: Collapsing Environmental State of Gaza Poses Threat to Israel's National Security, Report Warns

Jun 5, 2019 | Zafrir Rinat


Israel/Palestine: Remove Water from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Urges EcoPeace

May 2, 2019 | Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post


Israel/Palestine: Israel’s Never-Ending Search for Oil in Occupied Golan Heights

Apr 12, 2019 | Mamoun Kiwan, Asharq Al-Awsat


Israel/Palestine: Israel’s Exploitation of Palestinian Resources Is Human Rights Violation, Says UN Expert

Mar 18, 2019 | UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights


Gaza: Ticking Time Bomb: The Water Crisis Which Threatens Chances for Peace in the Middle East

Jan 20, 2019 | Bel Trew, Independent


Gaza: Water Crisis May Make Gaza Strip Uninhabitable by 2020 [Video]

Jan 1, 2019 | Fred de Sam Lazaro, PBS News Hour


Israel/Palestine: Israel Rules in Favour of Settlers after 22-Year Legal Battle against Land Grab

Nov 28, 2018 | Middle East Monitor


Palestine/Gaza: Olympic Dreams: Palestinian Swim Team Braves Pollution to Train in Gaza Waters

Oct 22, 2018 | Arab News


Israel/Palestine: Israel's Top Court Hears Petitions sgainst West Bank Land-Grab Law

Jun 3, 2018 | Yotam Berger, Haaretz


Israel/Gaza: Israeli Mayors to US: Help Resolve Gaza Electricity, Water Crisis

Aug 31, 2017 | Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post


Israel/Palestine: Israelis and Palestinians Agree to Water Deal to Help Communities Suffering Chronic Shortages

Jul 13, 2017 | Joshua Mitnick, Los Angeles Times


Israel/Palestine: Israel, Palestinians Reach Landmark Water Deal for West Bank, Gaza

Jul 13, 2017 | Raphael Ahren and Melanie Lidman, Times of Israel


Gaza/Palestine: In War-Scarred Gaza, Water Pollution behind Health Woes

Mar 23, 2017 | Sakher Abou El Oun, Agence France-Presse


Israel/Palestine: Water Deal Reached between Israel and Palestinians

Jan 15, 2017 | Elior Levy, Yedioth Internet


Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Water Wars Boiling over in Sa'ir

Aug 28, 2016 | Adam Rasgan, Jerusalem Post


Israel/Palestine: Israel Blames Palestinians for Water Shortages in West Bank

Jun 23, 2016 | RT


Israel/Palestine: Israeli Land Grabs Benefit Palestinians, State Tells High Court

May 22, 2016 | Chaim Levinson, Haaretz


Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Gaza Sewage Crisis, Festering in Conflict, Poisons Coast

May 3, 2016 | Fares Akram and Daniella Cheslow, Associated Press


Israel/Palestine: Palestine Marks 'Land Day' amid Fresh Israeli Land Grabs

Mar 30, 2016 | Anees Bargouthi, Anadolu Agency


Israel/Palestine: Further Land Grabbing in Jordan Valley

Dec 31, 2015 | International Solidarity Movement


Israel/Palestine: Gaza Could Soon Become Uninhabitable, UN Report Predicts

Sep 2, 2015 | Peter Beaumont, Guardian


Israel/Jordan/Palestine: SIWI Advances Water Cooperation in the Lower Jordan River Valley

Jun 9, 2015 | Stockholm International Water Institute


Palestine: How Israel’s War Has Left Gaza Dry

Apr 25, 2015 | Kate Shuttleworth, The National


Palestine: Gaza's Farmers on Front Lines of Perpetual War

Mar 6, 2015 | Dylan Collins, Al Jazeera


Palestine: 'Storm Huda' Hits Palestine

Jan 10, 2015 | Middle East Monitor


Israel/Palestine: Denied Land Access, Palestinians Miss Olive Harvest

Oct 29, 2014 | Sarah Benhaida, AFP


Gaza: Cross-Border Environmental Group Urges Israel to Increase Water Supply to Gaza

Oct 11, 2014 | The Jersusalem Post


Israel/Palestine: New Emblem of an Elemental Conflict: Seized West Bank Land

Sep 9, 2014 | Isabel Kershner, The New York Times


Israel/Palestine: Israel Seizes 400 Hectares of West Bank Land [Video]

Sep 1, 2014 | Al Jazeera


Israel/Palestine: Israel Claims Nearly 1,000 Acres of West Bank Land Near Bethlehem

Aug 31, 2014 | Isabel Kershner, New York Times


Palestine: Water Delivery Drivers Dice with Death in War-Torn Gaza

Aug 26, 2014 | Yahoo News


Israel/Gaza: The Next Round in Gaza

Mar 25, 2014 | International Crisis Group


Gaza Warned of Looming Water Crisis

Jan 30, 2014 | The Guardian


Israeli-Palestinian Agreement on Water Within Sight

Jan 28, 2014 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

Featured Events


Israel Conference on Peace

Nov 12, 2015 | Haaretz
Tel Aviv, Israel


Israel, the Environment and Peace: At the Crossroads

Mar 3, 2014 | George Mason University
George Mason University

Featured Library


Gaza: The Undrinkable Water of a Land under Seige [Video]

2020 | International Middle East Media Center
Rakan Abed El Rahman


Israel Can’t Hide Evidence of Its Occupation Anymore

2020 | Foreign Policy
Zena Agha


Palestine - Peace by Piece: Transformative Conflict Resolution for Land and Transboundary Water Resources

2019 | Springer International Publishing
Ahmed Abukhater


Israeli Water Diplomacy and National Security Concerns

2018 | EcoPeace Middle East and INSS
Oded Eran, Gidon Bromberg, and Giulia Giordano