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week that climate change harbours the poten-
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Water Development Report1 of March 2009, it
quotes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
noting the risk of water scarcity “transforming
peaceful competition into violence”. It is state-
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notions of ‘water wars’. It is time we dispelled
this myth. Countries do not go to war over
water, they solve their water shortages through
trade and international agreements.
Cooperation, in fact, is the dominant
response to shared water resources. There are
263 cross-boundary waterways in the world.
Between 1948 and 1999, cooperation over
water, including the signing of treaties, far out-
weighed conflict over water and violent conflict
in particular. Of 1,831 instances of interactions
over international freshwater
resources tallied over that time
period (including everything
from unofficial verbal exchanges
to economic agreements or mili-
tary action), 67% were coopera-
tive, only 28% were conflictive,
and the remaining 5% were neu-
tral or insignificant. In those five
decades, there were no formal declarations of
war over water2.
I learned this the hard way. A few years ago,
I had just written a book about biological war-
fare3 and the publishers were keen for me to
write another. “How about one on water wars?”
they asked. It seemed a good idea. The 1990s
had seen cataclysmic forecasts, such as former
World Bank vice-president Ismail Serageldin’s
often-quoted 1995 prophecy that, although
“the wars of this century were fought over
oil, the wars of the next century will be fought
over water”.
This and similar warnings entered the zeit-
geist. Tony Allan, a social scientist at King’s
College London and the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS) in London, sum-
marized4 the not-so-subtle argument as “if you
run out of water you reach for a Kalashnikov or
summon the air strike”.
I had no difficulty finding sources to back up
this argument, and I set about writing chapters
on the Jordan, the Nile and the Tigris–Euphra-
tes river systems. My chapter choice relied on
what seemed a perfectly reasonable assump-
tion: that water scarcity was governed by the
presence or absence of flowing water.
Allan had made the same assumption a few
decades earlier when he set out to study the
water situation in Libya. By the mid-1980s,
water stress in North Africa and the Middle
East had worsened; but Allan began to ques-
tion his assumptions when he found no sign
of the widely predicted water wars. Instead, the
burgeoning populations of the Middle East-
ern economies had no apparent difficulties
in meeting their food and water needs. Allan
had been forced to grapple with a situation in
which people who ...
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1. Third Annual Symposium on Water in Israel
and the Middle East:
Transboundary Disputes and Collaborative Solutions
Gidon Bromberg
Israeli Co-Director
2. About EcoPeace Middle
East
Environmental peacemaking organization working
in Jordan, Palestine, and Israel
Our primary objective is to promote cooperative
efforts to protect our environment and to promote
lasting peace in our region
EcoPeace’s focus is on transboundary water
resources, including the Jordan River, Dead Sea, and
Mountain and CoastalAquifers
EcoPeace is change oriented; we seek to shift the
status quo through bottom up &top down strategies
Sustainable use of transboundary natural resources
4. Water Security and National Security
Concerns: Water Insecurity in the World
5.
6. An Analysis of Israel’s Perspective on Water
Diplomacy and National Security: Israeli-Jordanian
Water Relations
SETTING: British mandate period of the
1920s till 1948.
DIPLOMACY:
• Early cooperation, construction of thefirst
hydropower station in the region.
SETTING: 1950s, when the two countries
were in a de jure state of war
DIPLOMACY:
• A shared water security agenda emerged,
informal and discreet cooperation: picnic
table negotiations
SETTING: 1994 – Peace Process DIPLOMACY:
• Water relations formalized by the Peace
Treaty: creative water-sharing provision with
Israel storing water for transfer to Jordan.
SETTING: Recent developments -2013 DIPLOMACY:
• RSDS: Water was sold to Jordan at a
discounted rate.
• Water for the benefit of Syrian refugees
7. An Analysis of Israel’s Perspective on Water
Diplomacy and National Security: Israeli-
Palestinian Water Relations
SETTING: Yishuv and British mandate
period – 1880 till 1948.
DIPLOMACY:
• Development of water resources to facilitate
Jewish immigration to Palestine
SETTING: 1948 – 1967 NO DIPLOMACY:
• State control of allwater
SETTING: 1967 – Oslo Accords II, 1995 NO DIPLOMACY:
• Control over water resources and
unilateralism
SETTING: Oslo Accords - 2012 DIPLOMACY:
• Palestinian water needs not met: Eastern
Basin only, off setting taxes, building sewage
plants on the Green Line
• continued degradation of water resources
• Collapse of water diplomacy: JWC stops
meeting,
SETTING: 2012 - present DIPLOMACY:
• Incipient understanding of the importance
of water security: 2012 Gaza Crisis, 2015
double water to Gaza, JWC renewal; and
RSDS 33 mcm water sale
8. Current Water-Sharing
Arrangement
1995 Oslo II accord (Art. 40 onwater)
Joint Water Committee (JWC) – required
approval on all water and sanitation projects
2017 revised but still needs water extraction
approval &CAapproval in Area C
Effective Israeli veto on Palestinian access
to increased shared water.
Israel continues to extract lion’s share of Mtn.
Aquifer
JWCarrangement “interim” 5-year
agreement btw. Israel and P.A.
JWCignores Jordan Riverwater
9.
10. A thirsty neighbor will never be a good
neighbor
10
Water Tanks & Water Tankers
12. 1) Reevaluate the Israeli unilateral tax
deductions from Palestinian tax revenue for the
cost of Palestinian sewage treatment in Israel.
ACTION:
• Israel deducts the cost for treatment of Palestinian sewage that crosses the ‘Green
Line’ from the taxes it collects on behalf of the PA.
• This measure has proven to be ineffective in preventing cross-border pollution
which has been increasing in quantity. The policy should be re-evaluated.
WATERAND NATIONAL SECURITY IMPACTS:
• The deduction discourages Palestinian municipalities from treating their waste
water as well as the donor community from investing in the wastewater sector.
• The lost PA revenue weakens the PA in general, as well as the PWA’s ability to be
effective in the sanitation sector.
COMPARISON WITH JORDAN:
• A similar requirement exists in the Peace Treaty that each side prevents cross-
border pollution by sewage. But no equivalent action, instead cooperation is sought
to promote the Jordan River’s rehabilitation.
13. 2) Incentivize Palestinian accountability for
pollution prevention.
ACTION:
• Allowing more water abstraction on the Palestinian side the Western Basin and
reduce Israeliabstractions.
WATERAND NATIONAL SECURITY BENEFITS:
• Palestinians would have an incentive to treat their sewage, and would pay the price
directly of polluted water.
• More plentiful water strengthens the PA and the economy, giving them access to
cheaper water.
COMPARISON WITH JORDAN:
• Israel supplies Jordan with water at a minimal pumping cost. Israel is willing to
replace water to be sold from the Sea of Galilee with increased Israeli desalination.
14. ACTION:
• Promote shared water security by implementing Steinitz’s Israeli-Palestinian water
parity recommendation: either the Palestinians purchase additional desalinated
water from Israel or natural shared water allocations are increased in favour of the
Palestinians.
WATERAND NATIONAL SECURITY BENEFITS:
• Recognizing the security dividend will promote a stronger PA, PWA and Palestinian
economy.
• The redistribution of natural waters would advance water security for Palestinians,
and therefore national security interests of Israel.
COMPARISON WITH JORDAN:
• Full recognition of a security dividend with Jordan. RSDS: sale of 50 mcm of water to
Jordan at the discounted price of 1.5NIS/cubic meter. However, as part of the same
agreement, Israel agreed to sell to the PA 33 mcm at the cost of 3-3.5 NIS/cubic meter.
3) Increase Palestinian Domestic Water
Supply
15. 4) Broaden security considerations beyond
the military and tactical considerations
ACTION:
• Narrow security concern have hindered progress in advancing a shared water
security agenda: ‘dual use’ materials slowed down the completion of NGEST;
restriction in water and sanitation infrastructure in Area C.
WATERAND NATIONAL SECURITY BENEFITS:
• Broadening security considerations to include water security concerns would
translate in a improved state of water security, strengthened Palestinian economy
and stability.
COMPARISON WITH JORDAN: No parallel policy, because Jordan is a sovereign
state.
16. A change in mindset is
needed
Water security is central in achieving social and economic growth, political stability and
ultimately peace and security.
States must realize that their own water security, as well as that of their neighbors, should
occupy a place on their national security agenda:
Both parties should stop the rhetoric of blame
Palestinians should recognize their shortcomings in water management and realize that
cooperation with water will serve Palestinian interests
Israelis should regard water cooperation with Palestinian as of high strategic importance
Damage to shared environment; water insecurity; poverty in the Palestinian Territories,
radicalization and more conflict with Israel.
18. Polluted
basins
The
Problem
Water, air, animals
and plants
recognize no
political borders
Water pollution is
Israel’s severest trans-
boundary
environmental hazard
The pollution of groundwater and
streams is a threat to the
population and the environment
in three mainaspects:
availabl
e water
public
health,
quality
of life
ecologi
cal
system
s
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מ
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19. No effectiveconduct
vis-à-vis
international players
• Inter-
ministeria
l team
• Comprehens
ive
Government
plan
Formulate
Governme
nt Policy
Appoint
leading
integratin
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Enable
comple
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proble
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solving
Encourage
donor
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funded
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No government
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environmental
management
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between government
bodies
23. Water Resources Research
Volume 51, Issue 5, pages 3828-3835, 31 MAY 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017153
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015WR017153/full#wrcr21481-fig-0001
24. 5) Move towards a new Israeli-Palestinian
agreement on water
Technological advances in the water sector : water issues are no longer a
zero-sum game as they were in 1995.
All or nothing approach Water First
While the advancement of Israeli-Palestinian water diplomacy will not
alone produce peace, it will help build trust and confidence between
the two parties, and between Israel and the region.