The paper comes as part of the "Potentials for Sustainable and Equitable Development of Irrigated Agriculture in the West Bank" proposal supported by the International Development Research Center (IDRC)-Canada. It mentions the objectives of this project, and the methodology used [...]
Since its occupation of the West Bank in 1967, Israel has been creating facts on the ground by building Jewish settlements on large areas of Palestinian land, in clear violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which states: [...]
The paper talks about the Palestinian agricultural sector, water resources, land, agricultural production and food security, and Palesitnian fears of dry peace. It provides facts, statistics and a thorough understanding about each of these topics, and discusses ways and mechanisms [...]
The paper discusses the physical fragmentation of Palestinian communities, the closure and restrictions of movement. It also presents the house demolitions in the Palestine, the confiscation of identity cards, violations of the Interim Agreement that affect the people of Palestine, [...]
This paper looks at the effects of irrigation activities on the environment in the West Bank. Irrigated agriculture covers an area of 9,472.8 hectares and utilities 93 million cubic meters of irrigation water. The current use of fertilizers in irrigated [...]