Adopting Hydroponic and Wicking Agro Food Production Models in Palestine
By: Nader Hrimat and Munif Doudin Numerous factors affect food security in Palestine, including a prevalence of drought conditions due to climate change, scarce water resources, low roductivity, limited access to open space, urbanarea growth, and the unavailability of agricultural lands, especially in urban areas where the [...]
Biodiversity and Human Rights from a Palestinian Perspective
By Roubina Bassous/Ghattas The concept of environment as a basic human right encompasses a respect for the right of other species to survive on the planet. Each of the 5 to 50 million species of plants, animals, and microorganisms sharing the earth has a [...]
Cooperation, Domination and Colonisation: The Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee
Do there exist instances of international (water) policy coordination which are so unequal that they should not even be considered 'cooperation'? This article argues, on both theoretical and empirical grounds, that this is indeed so. Theoretically, it posits that 'cooperation' should be distinguished [...]
Changes of the Palestinian agricultural Land use under Drought
Climate change refers to long-term fluctuations in temperature, precipitation, wind, and other elements of the Earth’s climate system (Beaulant et al., 2008). It is recognized as a major issue of global concern with serious and long-term challenges that have the potential to affect [...]
Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Its Reuse for Irrigating Home Gardens
As an environmental solution to face water scarcity and threat coming from untreated domestic wastewater, the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) has put huge efforts in developing locally made wastewater treatment plants to be utilized at domestic level to help promote sustainable [...]
The Gaza Strip’s Water Crises: A Case of Climate Change under Occupation
We would like to aknowledge that this paper has been prepared by Samer Jaber, and is not part of ARIJ publications. The political context, explored in this paper, includes Israeli generated polices, military operations, and combinations of polices and military operation. The [...]
The Legal Consequences arising from the Construction of a Civilian Tramway (Light Railway) in the Occupied Section of Jerusalem
This paper gives a succinct historical and legal overview of the city of Jerusalem. It further determines whether and to what extent and under which conditions can the construction of a civilian tramway be considered an internationally wrongful act under the laws [...]
Palestinian Landscape and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Palestine, as it stands today, consists of two physically separated land masses, namely the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip with a total area of 5661 km2 and 362 km2, respectively. Although small in size, its unique location at the [...]