Law can play a positive role in the resolution of water disputes between the Israelis and Palestinians. While International Law relating to water resources is not fully developed, it does indicate a proper procedure for resolving these issues and it [...]

The paper discusses global trends and issues of agriculture including: the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) in the Uruguay Round, and its implications. It then presents a background on Arab agriculutral production and trade pattern including: Arab world overview for agricultural [...]

Transportation is the major source of air pollution in the West Bank. Gasoline and diesel are used for transportation. Three factors make pollution from vehicles in the West Bank more serious. First, most of the used vehicles are in poor [...]

The paper offers a geopolitical background of Palestine, emphasizing the status of Palestinian built-up areas lying in Area C after March 2000 withdrawal from Gaza Strip. It then presents the colonization policy of Israel, and the areas that have been [...]

The Jordan river is an international water course that is shared hydrologically by Israelis, Jordanians, Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians. Of all these riparians, Palestinians are the only side that have been denied the utilization of the waters of the Jordan [...]

This paper was written as part of a USAID sponsored project that aims to generate information required by government air quality planning agencies in Israel and West Bank/Gaza to develop strategies for the socially and environmentally sustainable urbanization of their [...]

Sound natural resource management is the corner stone of sustainable development. This issue assumes a more important role in Palestine where the physically scarcity of natural resources is compounded by the political conflict that further reduces the accessibility of these [...]

The paper discusses the geography of the Hebron district, occupation and colonization there, in addition to house demolitions. It also talks about loss of agricultural land, water shortages, violence in Hebron city, erasing of the Green Line, bypass road construction, [...]