Water Rights in the Occupied Territories

Abstract

In the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Israel gained control of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip, Sinai, and the Golan Heights. With the exception of the Sinai, Israel continues to occupy these territories, controlling all of historic Palestine and the Golan Heights. While the issue of Jewish settlements on the territories has been widely discussed and analyzed under applicable international law, the issue of water rightscrucial in light of water's great importance in the Middle East and its implications for the future of the territories-has not. The climate of Israel/Palestine is intermediate between the subtropical rainy climate of Lebanon in the north and the arid conditions of the Negev and Sinai deserts in the south. More than 85 percent of the water resources are located in the northern half of the country. 1 Water is derived primarily from rivers, springs, wells, and floodwater runoffs, with almost all of the water resources shared by two or more states. The rainfall, which serves both as a direct source of irrigation and as replenishment for underground

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