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Water: Israeli Strategy, Implications for Peace and the Viability of Palestine
Author(s) -
Frederiksen Harald D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
middle east policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1475-4967
pISSN - 1061-1924
DOI - 10.1111/j.1061-1924.2003.00131.x
Subject(s) - palestine , citation , political science , library science , history , computer science , law , ancient history
activity. The thirsty residents of Katna are well aware of the conditions that exist just a few miles down the road, while they have to pay black-market prices for extra water supplies brought in on vans and trucks. The Palestinians are also well aware of the fact that they receive only 20 percent of the annual output of the Palestinian mountain aquifer (that underlies the West Bank); the rest is pumped by Mekorot ( the (Israeli) national water monopoly) to Jewish settlements on both sides of the Green Line. A recent study by the World Bank shows that the Palestinians are the most thrifty consumers of water in the Middle East, but even they cannot increase the supply by striking a rock."