The Environmental Impact of Jewish Settlements in the West Bank
Since its occupation of the West Bank in 1967, Israel has been creating facts on the ground by building Jewish settlements on large areas of Palestinian land, in clear violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which states: "The occupying [...]
Resources Scarcity and Food Security in Palestine
The paper talks about the Palestinian agricultural sector, water resources, land, agricultural production and food security, and Palesitnian fears of dry peace. It provides facts, statistics and a thorough understanding about each of these topics, and discusses ways and mechanisms to alleviate [...]
The Peace Process and the People of Palestine
The paper discusses the physical fragmentation of Palestinian communities, the closure and restrictions of movement. It also presents the house demolitions in the Palestine, the confiscation of identity cards, violations of the Interim Agreement that affect the people of Palestine, highlighting the [...]
Effects of Irrigation Activities on the Environment in the West Bank
This paper looks at the effects of irrigation activities on the environment in the West Bank. Irrigated agriculture covers an area of 9,472.8 hectares and utilities 93 million cubic meters of irrigation water. The current use of fertilizers in irrigated areas was [...]
Efficiency of Irrigated Agriculture in the West Bank
Irrigated Agriculture in the West Bank constitutes less than 6% of the total Palestinian cultivated areas. There is a great potential to increase the areas under irrigation once Palestinians get their water rights from the West Bank aquifers and the Jordan River. [...]
Political Conflict and Environmental Degradation in Jerusalem
Among all the cities in historic Palestine, Jerusalem possesses a special political, economic and religious status for people around the world, especially its residents. Such importance has however brought political conflicts between its inhabitants which are adversely reflected on the living conditions [...]
Roots of the Water Conflict in the Middle East
The paper discusses the previous plans and events that were proposed as a solution to water conflict in the Middle East. It gives a view about the current situation and then discusses why all previous solutions have failed, due to many reasons [...]
Assessing the Pollution of the West Bank Water Resources
The paper discusses the pollution of water in the West Bank, by presenting facts about the increasing the salinity of the lower Jordan River, pollution from wastewater, wastewater quality, and wastewater treatment. It then shows the role of the Israeli colonies in [...]