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Water and conflict (Gaza Strip & Israel)

Description of geographic location: Israel/Palestine with Palestine citizen in the west bank and in Gaza and the
Israel one in the rest on the land

Date and time of event: 1948

Context and background information (What is important

to know about location and timing that may have
influenced event)

Desalinated water;

Map/Location
Israel/Palestine with Palestine citizen in the west bank
and in Gaza strip and the Israel one in the rest on the
land

Causes
Social
Water is not health and
dirty for people at least for
children.
The lack of water causes
problems in families
Economic
Many families should to
buy desalinated water
Environmental
In Gaza strip is not enough
water for people
Political
Government in the Gaza strip
can only provide water at a
very limited
time.
The - 3 century old conflict
between the Jewish
population and the
Arab/Palestinian
population, both claiming the
holy land in the Levant region
in the Eastern Mediterranean
as their homeland.

Effects (Impacts)
Make clear primary (immediate and direct) and secondary (delayed or consequent) impacts
Social Economic Environmental Political
Significant health Some people in the Gaza Extraction of groundwater
implications, with more than a strip pay up to a third of their from an unexploited aquifer
quarter of reported diseases income to 'clean' drinking alters the balance among
in the strip being caused by water. groundwater recharge,
poor water quality and discharge, and the water
access. stored in the subsurface.
In some cases, when
groundwater extraction
exceeds aquifer recharge
over time, water tables are
lowered and surface and
groundwater systems
become disconnected

Responses
Make clear primary (immediate and direct) and secondary (delayed or consequent) impacts
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Short-term Long-term
Charities an NGO‘s that provide water International attention

Evaluation
What do you think of this event, could it have been avoided, what were most important causes?

This problem was provoked by the escalation of the conflict between the two countries.