Israel Palestine Water Crisis

World middle east palestine s water crisis.

Israel palestine water crisis. Climate change and crumbling infrastructure are causing water shortages in gaza which could soon make the. Nearly 10 percent of palestinian communities in the west bank have no access to piped potable water systems. The jordan river is the primary water resource of the area shared between the palestinians and the israelis. Israel uses the water as it sees fit ignoring the needs of palestinians in the west bank and in the gaza strip subjecting.

Israel retains exclusive control over all the water resources between the jordan river and the mediterranean sea except for a small section of the coastal aquifer in the gaza strip. It runs for 200 kilometers through palestine israel syria the west bank and jordan finally flowing into the dead sea. Pollution caused by raw sewage and rising seawater makes 90 percent of gaza s water unfit to drink. Citation needed the majority of those living in palestine at the time became refugees in other countries and this first land crisis became the root of the israeli palestinian conflict.

In 1967 israel seized control of all water resources in the newly occupied territories. The water crisis which threatens chances for peace in the middle east. The present map shows the water supplies israel and palestine depend on. 50 years of injustice in terms of per capita water consumption israeli settlers in the west bank vastly outstrip their palestinian counterparts.

Because the root of the conflict is with land the disputes between israel and palestine are well manifested in the agriculture of palestine. Palestinians get only a quarter of the water israelis have access to.