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 [...]
To what extent does the issue of water play a role in the Israel-Palestine conflict?
We would like to aknowledge that this research thesis has been prepared by Hollie Marie Smith, and is not part of ARIJ publications. Mismanagement, occupation and overuse of already scarce water resources in the Middle East are increasingly becoming one of the [...]
The Gaza Strip: The State of the Water Supply after 2008-2009 War
We would like to aknowledge and thank Dr. Eng. Giorgio P. Nembrini, an independant consultant, for preparing this paper. The paper analyzes the impact of the "Cast Lead" war on the water supply of the Gaza strip using data gathered from the [...]
A New Chapter in the Israeli Colonial Project: Jerusalem District Master-plan ’08
This brief provides scrupulous analyses of one of the latest chapters of the prolonged Israeli colonial project in the occupied city of Jerusalem. The analyses provide a critical view from a Palestinian planning perspective, using an in-depth mapping approach of Remote Sensing [...]
GIS Applications “International Community Flagship Project: Linking Gaza Strip and the West Bank through the Arc”
The paper at hand gives an overview of one of the latest plans that contemplate the building of a viable Palestinian state, by linking both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank through a boulevard-transportation system known as the Arc. The paper [...]
The Dilemma of Land Registration in the West Bank
The paper presents the dilemma of land administration in general and land registration in particular, which are some of the weakened capacities due to occupation in Palestine. Since an adequate, credible and sustainable land registration system is the foundation of any developmental [...]