Palestinian landscape and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Isaac, Jad; Hilal, Jane

doi:10.1080/00207233.2011.582700

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“…51 While the average Palestinian consumes 88.3 liters 52 of water per day in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, 53 the average Israeli consumes approximately 369 liters per day in West Bank settlements. 54 Furthermore, the sea level along the Gaza coastline is projected to rise by 0.3 to 1.3 feet by 2100, making saltwater intrusion 55 into the over-pumped and already stressed Coastal Aquifer much worse. 56 The Coastal Aquifer has a shallow water table with high permeability, making it highly susceptible to multiple sources of contamination and pollution.…”

Section: A Aquifers and Water Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate Change and the Vulnerable Occupied Palestinian Territories

Freij¹

2021

UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy

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Two of the most commonly discussed responses to climate change are mitigation and adaptation. It is necessary that the world continues to mitigate greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to prevent the most severe effects of climate change, but it is just as important that adaptation measures are implemented to prepare for the unmitigable effects. With the ongoing Israeli occupation-now reaching its fifty-third year-Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) are prohibited from accessing resources and pursuing necessary measures to repair their existing infrastructure or prepare for the environmental effects of climate change. As such, this Comment sheds light on the Palestinian voice, struggle, and experience while examining climate impacts under occupation by analyzing the environmental, political, legal, and humanitarian impacts of climate change on Palestinians in the OPT.

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Climate Change and the Vulnerable Occupied Palestinian Territories

Freij¹

2021

UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy

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“…The total available amount of water for some 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank is 105.9 MCM for all different needs: domestic, agricultural and industrial, whereas the available amount of water for some 7.1 million Israelis for the same needs is about 2135.6 MCM. 94 Furthermore, while the Israeli consumption of water for domestic use is 300 litres per capita per day (LPCD), Palestinian consumption of water for domestic use in the OPT is only 70 LPCD. 95 The comparison becomes more critical when comparing the amount of water available for Jewish-settelers and Palestinians, the Jewish-settelers residing in the illegal settelments in the West Bank consume an average of 369 LPCD for domestic use.…”

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The Human Right to Water and the Realisation of Water Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Beshtawi

2020

Utrecht Law Review

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This article seeks to assess the role of the human right to water in realising water rights in the scenario of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). In particular, it seeks to answer the question of the extent to which the human right to water protects Palestinians' water rights in the OPT. In doing so, the article will start by analysing the human right to water and the related obligation it imposes on states in protecting water rights. In addition, the article will examine the applicability of the human right to water to the OPT and to what extent Israel is committed to realise it.

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“…These have all been blocked by Israel who instead constructed the National Water Carrier, a system of canals and pipelines which has diverted the Jordan water from the Sea of Galilee to central and southern Israel, forming a major source of water for domestic and agricultural use. The water flow in the Jordan River has since declined by more than 96%, with an accompanying ecological and social disaster (Isaac and Hilal, 2011 (2017) argue that a practice of solidarity can be forged through the dialogue between community development practitioners and social movement activists. The struggle against settler colonisation in Palestine has built international solidarity into its strategy, especially since 2005 with the Palestinian call for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel.…”

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The environment as a site of struggle against settler-colonisation in Palestine

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al-Shalalfeh²,

Zwahre³

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Environmental Justice, Popular Struggle and Community Development

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This chapter explores how the environment in Palestine has been a site of struggle for control between settler colonisers and Palestinians for over 100 years. It argues that the Zionist settler colonisation of Palestine may be understood as an ecological distribution conflict since the action of colonisers – from the British Mandate through the establishment of the state of Israel through to the military occupation of the remainder of the Palestinian territory – has been predicated on the expropriation of resources and the expulsion of the Palestinian population. Community development has been a component of the Palestinian popular struggle against settler colonisation. By exploring examples of community development, the chapter will analyse the context in which this has become integral to the popular struggle as well as threats that community development, especially in relation to environmental issues, has been used to normalise and legitimise the Zionist occupation.

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Palestinian landscape and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Cited by 28 publications

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Climate Change and the Vulnerable Occupied Palestinian Territories

Climate Change and the Vulnerable Occupied Palestinian Territories

The Human Right to Water and the Realisation of Water Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The environment as a site of struggle against settler-colonisation in Palestine

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