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Energy, Water, and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen visits a water desalination facility near Rishon Lezion, central Israel, September 2, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 7, 2026, 8:58 pm
Amid desalination woes, energy minister paints rosy picture of Israel’s water resilience
At press conference on ninth day of partial suspension of water processing stations, Eli Cohen says Israel has access to almost twice the drinking water needed for all households
By Sue Surkes
General view of a water desalination facility near Rishon LeZion, central Israel, September 2, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 2, 2026, 4:41 pm
New masterplan needed after desalination shutdown underlines dangers of tech overreliance
Experts blast complacency, urge reviving wells, natural buffers, and conservation to lower the 80% of drinking water that comes from coastal facilities
By Sue Surkes
People walk along the Sea of Galilee shore, where water used to be, past infrastructure once submerged, at Kibbutz Ginosar, northern Israel, October 4, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 8, 2025, 1:58 pm
Facing drought, Israel to direct desalinated water to Sea of Galilee, in world first
With northern lake level below minimum for pumping, authorities will release just 10% of normal quantity into national water carrier, among other moves
By Sue Surkes
Two residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab stand next to tanks placed by local residents on rooftops and filled with water purchased privately, as their water supply is cut to only a few hours a week, July 24, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
August 19, 2024, 4:32 pm
In summer heat, East Jerusalem suburb receives water for only 12 hours a week
Sprawling Kafr Aqab has seen its population skyrocket in recent years, but the infrastructure and the water supply have not kept up. Now residents demand answers
By Gianluca Pacchiani
This undated photo shows Palestinian Water Authority workers repairing the Gazan side of a pipeline leading water from Israel during the country's war with Hamas. (Courtesy)
June 5, 2024, 6:09 pm
How Israel worked to renew Gaza’s water supply amid the war, with help from locals
Despite ministers’ early bravado and international accusations, Jerusalem went to great lengths to fix enclave’s ‘screwed-up’ infrastructure after October 7 damage, say officials
By Aviv Lavie
An aerial view of the Yarkon River and the Mediterranean Sea as they meet at the Reading Power Station in Tel Aviv, on February 19, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 2, 2024, 11:01 am
How Israel is preparing to keep lights and water running in event of a regional war
Electricity and water company officials outline steps taken to keep country supplied under a barrage of missiles, but concerns remain over damage from falling debris of intercepts
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A worker at the Ein Netafim wastewater treatment plant walks past a primary treatment water clarifier basin in Eilat on July 13, 2023. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
August 10, 2023, 4:18 pm
Israeli desalination, wastewater treatment becomes global model for water scarcity
Chief engineer of Eilat’s water and sewage utility says all of the city’s wastewater is treated, and ‘transferred, to the last drop, to farmers,’ who use it to water crops
By Jonah Mandel
Screen capture from video of desalinated water being released from production plants to flow into the Sea of Galilee, December 28, 2022. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 28, 2022, 11:36 am
Pioneering plan inaugurated to top up Sea of Galilee with desalinated water
In world first, water produced from the sea will be pumped into Israel’s largest freshwater lake to maintain levels even in parched years
By ToI Staff and Sue Surkes
Israelis enjoy the last days of the summer holiday on an extremely hot day at Duga Beach, on the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee on August 30, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
September 15, 2022, 7:48 pm
Sea of Galilee thriving, at near maximum capacity
Israel’s largest freshwater lake currently sits over three meters above levels where water quality would decline and cause damage to the environment
By ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of tap water running from a sink.(Chen Leopold/Flash90)
September 8, 2022, 7:28 pm
Southern towns without clean water for second day after new pipe installed
‘There was no warning,’ says area resident as locals reportedly buy up six-packs of water bottles; Health Ministry says water in Netivot now OK ‘for any use’
By ToI Staff
A view of the Dead Sea Works on December 26, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
August 16, 2022, 8:59 pm
After Israel canceled Dead Sea Works’ water bill, NGO threatens appeal to High Court
Environmental advocacy organization Adam Teva V’Din demands Justice Ministry reverse state’s decision to exempt billionaire-owned mineral extraction firm from NIS 65M payment
By Sue Surkes
Laying a pipe that will channel desalinated water to the Sea of Galilee, June 3, 2021 (Firas Talhami, Water Authority)
June 28, 2022, 10:39 am
Israel to be 1st in world to pipe desalinated water into a natural lake, the Galilee
Underground channel set to start operating in spring; Sea of Galilee expert says tests indicate more pros than cons, but full effect on ecosystems will only emerge with monitoring
By Sue Surkes
Excavations at a Hellenistic-era farmstead uncovered in the Galilee during salvage excavations ahead of a pipe bring desalinized water to the Sea of Galilee. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)
May 25, 2022, 10:10 am
Stilled life: Why did farmers flee a homestead in the Galilee 2,100 years ago?
A salvage excavation uncovers a frozen scene of existential distress during the Hellenistic era and an earlier agricultural community from the Iron Age
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: A researcher shows seismograph sensor readings from an earthquake in Mexico, on July 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
January 24, 2022, 1:47 pm
A million homes at risk of collapse by earthquake — report
Home Front Command and geological officials unsure whether two tremors felt in northern Israel earlier this week are isolated, or a prelude to a stronger event
By ToI Staff
A portrait of the late Sammy Ofer with his son, Idan Ofer. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 18, 2021, 12:38 am
TV: State wipes out NIS 65 million debt owed by billionaire for Dead Sea water
Justice Ministry reportedly backtracks from demand that the Idan Ofer-controlled Dead Sea Works factory pay for saltwater pumped from the receding lake
By ToI Staff
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