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A Palestinian girl fills a jerrycan with water during a heatwave at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on July 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
June 17, 2019, 8:54 am
Israel lays fourth water pipeline to Gaza, the largest yet
New pipe could up the amount of water Israel sends into the enclave, if its poorly maintained infrastructure can handle it
By TOI staff
Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez talks during an economic forum as part the XXVI Iberoamerican Summit in Antigua, Guatemala, November 15, 2018 (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
December 23, 2018, 11:47 pm
Honduras mulling moving embassy to Jerusalem — report
Senior delegation said to visit Israel with list of demands aimed at increasing trade, security ties between the two countries
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of protests about the water situation in Iran, June 30, 2018. (Twitter)
July 12, 2018, 10:26 pm
Iranian police kill demonstrator during protest over water scarcity
Local commander says shots fired in the air after crowd refused to disperse, man hit in the neck and died in hospital
By TOI staff
Howard Feldman
February 4, 2018, 2:15 pm
Howard Feldman
Blame BDS for the Cape Town water crisis
For the first time, a major city is about to run out of water — for no good reason whatsoever
Illustrative image of a fax machine. (via Shutterstock)
July 10, 2017, 11:12 am
MK challenges fax’s outdated rule over Israeli bureaucracy
New bill seeks to force public offices throughout the startup nation to accept email communication
By Sue Surkes
Helen Gottstein
May 2, 2017, 10:06 am
Helen Gottstein
Blue and white going green
69 ways you can change your household practices to protect the Israel you love (instead of just singing about it)
File: Then-coordinator of government activities in the territories (COGAT) Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, left, and the Palestinian Authority’s Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh sign an agreement to revitalize the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee, January 15, 2017. (Courtesy COGAT)
January 15, 2017, 11:24 pm
Israelis, Palestinians sign deal to jointly improve West Bank water supply
Renewal of Joint Water Committee is fourth key infrastructure agreement signed between Israel and PA in past year and a half
By TOI staff
Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) seen with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Uri Ariel during their visit at the Volcani Institute, November 10, 2016. Photo by Flash90
November 14, 2016, 3:28 pm
Minister gives Russia $50,000 drone on whim, crimping research and breaking rule
Uri Ariel impulsively gifts Dimitri Medvedev advanced aircraft used for surveying crops; he wanted the software too, but didn’t get it
By Sue Surkes
A member of the Salim family carries bottles filled with spring water on June 23, 2016 in Salfit, north of Ramallah (AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)
September 1, 2016, 9:49 am
Israel to transfer 30m cubic meters of water to Palestinians
Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia praise water-sharing deal included in mammoth Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project
By TOI staff
Desalitech’s ReFlex reverse osmosis systems treats water sources around the world using less energy and producing less waste than most competitors' systems. (courtesy)
May 3, 2016, 4:58 pm
Desalitech wins international award for water technology
Israeli company’s purification system reduces wastewater by 50 to 75 percent
By Luke Tress
A 2005 file photo from the Ashkelon desalination plant. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
March 22, 2016, 6:35 pm
White House taps Israeli tech to help solve California water problems
In honor of International Water Day, Obama administration is backing dozens of projects, among them an LA incubator for Israeli firms
By David Shamah
Illustrative: A girl wearing a hijab and with her face painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag taking part in an anti-Israel march in South Africa, on August 9, 2014. (Roger Bosch/AFP)
February 18, 2016, 1:45 am
BDS S. Africa lauds ‘cancellation’ of water confab with Israel envoy
Embassy in Pretoria says organizers wrote to say cancellation was unconnected to ambassador’s participation
By JTA
Hikers near the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 1, 2015, 2:08 pm
How Israel became a water superpower
Seth M. Siegel, author of ‘Let There Be Water,’ hopes Israel’s world-class water practices create a ripple effect of peace
By Simona Weinglass
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