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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

water resources

Displaced Palestinians sit by tents across from a garbage dump in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 22, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
August 13, 2024, 12:11 pm
Disease without borders: Massive piles of garbage in Gaza also threaten Israel
Experts say even drinking water in Ashdod could be contaminated by toxic buildup from hundreds of untreated trash heaps, after Gaza’s waste removal system paralyzed by war
By Uri Blau in partnership with Shomrim
Palestinians collect water from a water tap, amid drinking water shortages, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
October 15, 2023, 7:50 pm
Israel says it is restarting water supply to southern Gaza Strip
Energy Minister Israel Katz says decision made in conversation between Netanyahu and Biden, will help push civilian population southward
By Amy Spiro, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Nina Gordon-Kirsch hikes near Salt Springs in California on July 14, 2022. (Courtesy/ Sky Richards)
October 16, 2022, 2:46 am
Thirsty to know where her water comes from, CA Jewish activist hikes to its source
Over 33 days, Nina Gordon-Kirsch walked 240 miles from her California home to the Highland Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now she’s releasing a documentary about her journey
By Melanie Lidman
FILE - An Afghan girl warms up her hands as she is resting from carrying the water in Balucha, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2021. The Middle East is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impact of climate change, and already the effects are being seen. This year's annual U.N. climate change conference, known as COP27, is being held in Egypt in November 2022, throwing a spotlight on the region. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
July 25, 2022, 3:12 pm
Scorched Mideast nations wake up to damage from climate change
UN’s COP27 summit in Egypt in November, which Israel plans to attend, hopes to push for more international funding to help region deal with imminent dangers
By Agencies
Energy Minister Karine Elharrar speaks at conference of her Yesh Atid party in Shefayim, September 22, 2021. (Gili Yaari/ Flash90)
October 17, 2021, 5:06 pm
Energy minister accuses Netanyahu of using ‘fake news’ to harm ties with Jordan
Karine Elharrar rejects opposition leader’s claim Israel getting nothing out of water deal with neighbor; former Netanyahu adviser slams ex-PM’s ‘provocative’ attitude to kingdom
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
People queue to receive humanitarian aid packages at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate on August 18, 2021. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
August 23, 2021, 2:45 pm
Millions in Syria and Iraq at risk of losing access to water, food, electricity
More than 12 million people in the 2 countries are affected, plus another 4 million in Lebanon facing critical water shortages
By Bassam Mroue
Protestors block roads over water shortages, in the province of Khuzestan, southwest Iran, on July 17, 2021. (Video screenshot)
July 21, 2021, 12:04 pm
Iran says police officer killed amid water protests
State media report blames ‘rioters’ for cop’s death during unrest in country’s southwest; demonstrations continue over water shortages in Khuzestan province
By AP
Ministers in the newly sworn-in Israeli government pose for the traditional group photo at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP)
July 19, 2021, 3:17 pm
Government axes 5 ministries, 4 of them set up last year
Water Resources, Cyber and National Digital Matters, Higher Education, Strategic Affairs, Community Empowerment and Advancement all to be absorbed into other offices
By Stuart Winer
Screen capture from video of Iranian police confronting demonstrators during a protest against water shortages in Khuzestan province, July 18, 2021. (Twitter)
July 19, 2021, 12:54 pm
Iranian police seen firing shots during Khuzestan water protest
Officer shoots pistol into the air and at least one other shot can be heard in the footage from restive province, where at least 1 person has been killed
By Jon Gambrell
A Palestinian man fills a cup of water from a solar-powered water generator that extracts potable water straight from the air donated by Watergen, a company owned by a Russian-Israeli businessman, in the town of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 16, 2020 (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
January 5, 2021, 8:11 pm
Israeli firm helps provide Gaza with clean water – by extracting it from the air
Watergen, owned by Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Mirilashvili, has donated two atmospheric water generators that can produce up to 6,000 liters of drinking water per day
By Guillaume LAVALLÉE
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, on July 12, 2020. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
July 21, 2020, 11:56 pm
Ethiopia, Egypt reach ‘major common understanding’ on dam
Breakthrough comes after years of unsuccessful talks regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which became so heated at times that some feared military conflict
By Cara Anna, ELIAS MESERET and Isabel Debre
Outgoing Minister of Environmental Protection Zeev Elkin speaks at a ceremony at the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Jerusalem on May 18 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2020, 12:52 pm
New minister of water and higher education says he needs 2 directors
Ze’ev Elkin explains he heads 2 different ministries, each requiring a dedicated professional to lead them; opposition leader Lapid snipes he needs one for hot water, one for cold
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
In this September 16, 2017, photo, a swimmer participates in the annual Sea of Galilee swim. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
May 22, 2018, 7:39 pm
‘Israel is drying out again’: Water Authority relaunches conservation campaign
Entering sixth year of drought, Israelis urged to limit water use as climate change, growing population strains resources
By David Sedley
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha speaking at the Union of Reform Judaism Biennial on December 7, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Courtesy URJ)
January 24, 2018, 2:50 am
Flint water crisis whistleblower receives Union for Reform Judaism award
Mona Hanna-Attisha honored for going against protocol to bring attention to the contamination quickly and stem an enormous health risk
By Cathryn J. Prince
US special envoy Jason Greenblatt (R) attends the launch of a project to improve access to wastewater treatment and water for Palestinian farmers, on October 15, 2017, in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank. (AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)
October 15, 2017, 8:31 pm
US launches $10 million water project in West Bank
10,000 residents in Jericho region to be connected to treatment plant as part of plans to strengthen Palestinian economy
By AFP
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