Palestine-Israel
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
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Joseph Ataman, Nic Robertson and Kocha Olarn, CNN
Israel/Palestine/Gaze: Gaza's Solar Power in Wartime
Nov 21, 2023
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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
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Reuters
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Israeli Attacks Worsen Gaza's Vulnerability amid Climate Change
Oct 29, 2023
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Yeter Ada Seko, Anadolu Agency
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: How Bombings, Blockades and Import Bans Caused Gaza’s Water System to Crumble
Oct 25, 2023
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Damien Gayle, Guardian
Israel/Palestine: In Palestine and Israel, De-Escalating Conflict through Environmental Action
Oct 24, 2023
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Daphne Chouliaraki Milner, Atmos
Israel/Gaza: In Gaza, People Resort to Drinking Salty Water, Garbage Piles up
Oct 16, 2023
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters
Israel: What Israel-Hamas War Means for Global Oil Market
Oct 16, 2023
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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
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News
Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon
Oct 12, 2023
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Human Rights Watch
Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Water Woes Highlight Dashed Hopes of Oslo Accords
Sep 10, 2023
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Agence France-Presse
Israel/Palestine: West Bank Water Wars: Palestinian Taps Dry as Israeli Water Flows
Aug 17, 2023
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Isabel Debre, Associated Press
Israel/Palestine: Weaponising Water in Palestine
Jul 27, 2023
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Al Jazeera
Israel/Palestine: Israeli Forces Fire at Palestinian Farmers, Shepherds in Gaza
Aug 27, 2022
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New Arab
Israel/Palestine: Israel Creates Water Shortages for Palestinians
Aug 23, 2022
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Catholic News Service
Gaza: Most of Gaza’s Water Polluted on World Water Day
Mar 22, 2022
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Ashraf Shannon, PRESS TV
Palestine/Syria: Access to Natural Resources by Palestinians, Syrians Should Not Be Denied, Delegates Tell Second Committee
Oct 18, 2021
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UN
Israel/Palestine: UK Palestinian Justice Centre Defends Gallery Exhibit on Israel-Palestine Conflict
Aug 13, 2021
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Middle East Eye
Gaza: Gazans Flock to Beaches Despite Pollution Disaster
Jun 9, 2021
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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
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World Bank
Israel/Palestine: West Bank's Ancient Terraces Threatened by Settlers' Plan to Build Business Park on Unesco Site
Jun 11, 2020
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James Rothwell, Telegraph
Israel/Palestine: Israel's High Court Strikes Down West Bank Land-Grab Law as 'Unconstitutional'
Jun 9, 2020
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Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz
Israel/Palestine: Land Grab and Deportation: A Leading Israeli Lawyer's Annexation Prediction
May 20, 2020
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Meron Rapoport, MIddle East Eye
Israel/Palestine: Palestinians Tear Gassed in Protests against Israeli Settlements
May 16, 2020
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Al Jazeera
Gaza: Israel Billionaire Hopes to Bring Drinking Water in the War-Torn Gaza Strip
May 6, 2020
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Zaini Majeed, Republic World
Israel/Palestine: Israel to Open Seven New Nature Reserves in Occupied West Bank
Jan 16, 2020
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Bel Trew, Independent
Palestine: Bedouin Kids Join Global Climate Strike in Palestine’s First Extinction Rebellion Protest
Oct 19, 2019
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International Solidarity Movement
Palestine: Empowering Women as Sustainable Energy Leaders in Palestine
Oct 8, 2019
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Mariam Barghouti
Palestine: Palestinians Hope to Import Iraqi Oil, become More Energy Independent
Sep 30, 2019
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Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor
Palestine: Palestine's Energy Transformation: How Does Energy Scarcity Intersect with Gender Justice?
Aug 22, 2019
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Madeleine Race, The Ecologist
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: A Spillover Crisis: How Gaza’s Water Shortage Affects Israel
Jul 11, 2019
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Tamar Lavi, Zavit
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Israeli Spraying of Herbicide Near Gaza Harming Palestinian Crops
Jul 19, 2019
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Miriam Berger, Guardian
Palestine: Storm Adds to Misery of Gaza’s Most Vulnerable
Jan 9, 2015
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Majd al Waheidi and Jode Rudoren, New York Times
Israel/Palestine: Hundreds of Palestinians Infected by Polluted Water
Jun 27, 2019
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Middle East Monitor
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Gaza Incendiary Balloons Spark Dozens of Fires in Southern Israel
Jun 27, 2019
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Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel
Gaza: Collapsing Environmental State of Gaza Poses Threat to Israel's National Security, Report Warns
Jun 5, 2019
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Zafrir Rinat
Israel/Palestine: Remove Water from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Urges EcoPeace
May 2, 2019
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Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post
Israel/Palestine: Israel’s Never-Ending Search for Oil in Occupied Golan Heights
Apr 12, 2019
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Mamoun Kiwan, Asharq Al-Awsat
Israel/Palestine: Israel’s Exploitation of Palestinian Resources Is Human Rights Violation, Says UN Expert
Mar 18, 2019
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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
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Bel Trew, Independent
Gaza: Water Crisis May Make Gaza Strip Uninhabitable by 2020 [Video]
Jan 1, 2019
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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
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Middle East Monitor
Palestine/Gaza: Olympic Dreams: Palestinian Swim Team Braves Pollution to Train in Gaza Waters
Oct 22, 2018
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Arab News
Israel/Palestine: Israel's Top Court Hears Petitions sgainst West Bank Land-Grab Law
Jun 3, 2018
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Yotam Berger, Haaretz
Israel/Gaza: Israeli Mayors to US: Help Resolve Gaza Electricity, Water Crisis
Aug 31, 2017
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Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post
Israel/Palestine: Israelis and Palestinians Agree to Water Deal to Help Communities Suffering Chronic Shortages
Jul 13, 2017
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Joshua Mitnick, Los Angeles Times
Israel/Palestine: Israel, Palestinians Reach Landmark Water Deal for West Bank, Gaza
Jul 13, 2017
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Raphael Ahren and Melanie Lidman, Times of Israel
Gaza/Palestine: In War-Scarred Gaza, Water Pollution behind Health Woes
Mar 23, 2017
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Sakher Abou El Oun, Agence France-Presse
Israel/Palestine: Water Deal Reached between Israel and Palestinians
Jan 15, 2017
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Elior Levy, Yedioth Internet
Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Water Wars Boiling over in Sa'ir
Aug 28, 2016
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Adam Rasgan, Jerusalem Post
Israel/Palestine: Israel Blames Palestinians for Water Shortages in West Bank
Jun 23, 2016
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RT
Israel/Palestine: Israeli Land Grabs Benefit Palestinians, State Tells High Court
May 22, 2016
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Chaim Levinson, Haaretz
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Gaza Sewage Crisis, Festering in Conflict, Poisons Coast
May 3, 2016
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Fares Akram and Daniella Cheslow, Associated Press
Israel/Palestine: Palestine Marks 'Land Day' amid Fresh Israeli Land Grabs
Mar 30, 2016
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Anees Bargouthi, Anadolu Agency
Israel/Palestine: Further Land Grabbing in Jordan Valley
Dec 31, 2015
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International Solidarity Movement
Israel/Palestine: Gaza Could Soon Become Uninhabitable, UN Report Predicts
Sep 2, 2015
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Peter Beaumont, Guardian
Israel/Jordan/Palestine: SIWI Advances Water Cooperation in the Lower Jordan River Valley
Jun 9, 2015
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Stockholm International Water Institute
Palestine: How Israel’s War Has Left Gaza Dry
Apr 25, 2015
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Kate Shuttleworth, The National
Palestine: Gaza's Farmers on Front Lines of Perpetual War
Mar 6, 2015
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Dylan Collins, Al Jazeera
Palestine: 'Storm Huda' Hits Palestine
Jan 10, 2015
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Middle East Monitor
Israel/Palestine: Denied Land Access, Palestinians Miss Olive Harvest
Oct 29, 2014
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Sarah Benhaida, AFP
Gaza: Cross-Border Environmental Group Urges Israel to Increase Water Supply to Gaza
Oct 11, 2014
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The Jersusalem Post
Israel/Palestine: New Emblem of an Elemental Conflict: Seized West Bank Land
Sep 9, 2014
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Isabel Kershner, The New York Times
Israel/Palestine: Israel Seizes 400 Hectares of West Bank Land [Video]
Sep 1, 2014
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Al Jazeera
Israel/Palestine: Israel Claims Nearly 1,000 Acres of West Bank Land Near Bethlehem
Aug 31, 2014
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Isabel Kershner, New York Times
Palestine: Water Delivery Drivers Dice with Death in War-Torn Gaza
Aug 26, 2014
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Yahoo News
Israel/Gaza: The Next Round in Gaza
Mar 25, 2014
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International Crisis Group
Gaza Warned of Looming Water Crisis
Jan 30, 2014
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The Guardian
Israeli-Palestinian Agreement on Water Within Sight
Jan 28, 2014
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
Featured Events
Israel Conference on Peace
Nov 12, 2015
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Haaretz
Tel Aviv, Israel
Israel, the Environment and Peace: At the Crossroads
Mar 3, 2014
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George Mason University
George Mason University
Featured Library
Gaza: The Undrinkable Water of a Land under Seige [Video]
2020
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International Middle East Media Center
Rakan Abed El Rahman
Israel Can’t Hide Evidence of Its Occupation Anymore
2020
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Foreign Policy
Zena Agha
Palestine - Peace by Piece: Transformative Conflict Resolution for Land and Transboundary Water Resources
2019
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Springer International Publishing
Ahmed Abukhater
Israeli Water Diplomacy and National Security Concerns
2018
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EcoPeace Middle East and INSS
Oded Eran, Gidon Bromberg, and Giulia Giordano