Watershed: The Role of Fresh Water in the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictIDRC, 2014 M05 14 - 310 pages Watershed describes the water crisis faced by Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories today; a crisis that will have much to do with the design and the success of the current peace proposals. The authors examine the geopolitics of water in the region, the economic importance, problems of water supply and water quality, and regional conflicts over water. |
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... Golan Heights that Israel has annexed. From the perspective of geography, the term refers to land contained within ... Golan Heights may be occupied territory but, being part of Syria before the 1967 war, it is not Occupied Palestinian ...
... Golan Heights that Israel has annexed. From the perspective of geography, the term refers to land contained within ... Golan Heights may be occupied territory but, being part of Syria before the 1967 war, it is not Occupied Palestinian ...
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... Golan Heights area is relatively well endowed with water resources . So , too , is the West Bank , though much of the water in this region can only be exploited using capital - intensive techniques ( Heller and Nusseibah 1991 ; Zarour ...
... Golan Heights area is relatively well endowed with water resources . So , too , is the West Bank , though much of the water in this region can only be exploited using capital - intensive techniques ( Heller and Nusseibah 1991 ; Zarour ...
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... Golan Heights, can be divided into three zones aligned in a north south direction (Reifenberg 1955) (see Figure 1 on p. 6). The most westerly zone is the coastal plain, 15 20 km wide, facing the Mediterranean Sea. It lies several tens ...
... Golan Heights, can be divided into three zones aligned in a north south direction (Reifenberg 1955) (see Figure 1 on p. 6). The most westerly zone is the coastal plain, 15 20 km wide, facing the Mediterranean Sea. It lies several tens ...
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... Golan Heights) to quite arid in the Negev Desert only 500 km to the south. The climate is also variable throughout the year, with the typical Mediterranean cycle of hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. Rainfall averages 1 000 mm ...
... Golan Heights) to quite arid in the Negev Desert only 500 km to the south. The climate is also variable throughout the year, with the typical Mediterranean cycle of hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. Rainfall averages 1 000 mm ...
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... Golan Heights. The absence of full control over the headwaters of the Jordan River plays, as will be demonstrated, a critical role in Israeli water policy (and, therefore, its foreign policy). Just below Lake Kinneret, the Yarmouk River ...
... Golan Heights. The absence of full control over the headwaters of the Jordan River plays, as will be demonstrated, a critical role in Israeli water policy (and, therefore, its foreign policy). Just below Lake Kinneret, the Yarmouk River ...
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