The following are articles written about EcoPeace’s efforts on Water & Peace
[For publications relevant to this project, click here]
2016
December 19, 2016, Jerusalem Post
A fresh look at Israeli/Palestinian freshwater issues
by Wendy B. Jacbos, Robert C. Bordone, Hrafnhildur Bragadottir
December 9, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Peace process should not be ‘all or nothing,’ says EU ambassador
by Sharon Udasin
August 5, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Gaza sewage plant will receive electricity from Israel
by Sharon Udasin
August 4, 2016, Ha’aretz (Hebrew)
Water Crisis in Gaza: Epidemics and infections within Israel, and Gazans to amass at the fence
by Neta Ahituv
July 28, 2016, Globes
US Congressmen: Gaza pollution threatens Israel
by Nadav Shetreet
July 28, 2016, Hamodia
Gaza Sewage Crisis Rouses Congress
by Hamodia Staff
July 25, 2016, Circle of Blue
Israel’s Mediterranean Desalination Plants Shift Regional Water Balance
by Brett Walton
July 19, 2016, Huffington Post
New Hope That Water Can Be a Bridge to Mideast Peace
by Gidon Bromberg and Hilik Bar
(click here for the French version)
July 13, 2016, VerdeExchange (VX News)
Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian Water NGO Shares Progress & Vision For Abundant Water Future In Middle East
June 30, 2016, Globes
Israel, Turkey eager to rebuild Gaza
by Hedy Cohen
(article in Hebrew)
June 28, 2016, New York Times
Palestinians Say Israel Caused Their Summer Water Shortage
by AP
June 28, 2016, AP
Palestinians say Israel caused their summer water shortage
by Mohammed Daraghmeh and Daniella Cheslow
June 26, 2016, Los Angeles Times
Heat wave aggravates chronic water problems in occupied West Bank
by Joshua Mitnick
May 25, 2016, Huffington Post
Fix Mideast Water Crisis to Advance Peace Process
by Munqeth Mehyar, Nader Khateeb, and Gidon Bromberg
(click here for the article in French)
(click here for the embedded video as a separate YouTube link)
May 3, 2016, New York Times
Gaza Sewage Crisis, Festering in Conflict, Poisons Coast
by AP
May 3, 2016, Washington Post
Gaza sewage crisis, festering in conflict, poisons coast
by Fares Akram and Daniella Cheslow
April 21, 2016, Time Magazine
How to Solve Gaza’s Water Crisis
by Rep. Jim McDermott and Kate Gould
March 22, 2016, Times of Israel
Putting water back on the table
by Gidon Bromberg and Oded Eran
March 17, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Gaza sewage crisis is a ticking timebomb for Israel
by Michelle Malka Grossman
March 16, 2016, Ynet (Hebrew)
Gaza’s Sewage is threatening the water supply in Israel
by Amir Ben David and Elior Levi
(Click here for the artcle in English translated as: Gaza pollution flows to Israel due to power shortages)
March 3, 2016, S&D – EU Parliamanet
S&Ds call for water cooperation in the Middle East
January 19, 2016, ARD Mediathek (German)
Water on H2O? Water Policy in the Middle East
by Benjamin Pohl
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2015
November 19, 2015, Environment And Climate In The Middle East
Haaretz Conference – On Our Doorstep – the Gaza Water and Energy Crisis, Scenarios
October 21, 2015, The Source Magazine
Healing the wounds of conflict through water diplomacy
by Hunter Stuart
August 17, 2015, Huffington Post
Healing Waters From Hebron to Gaza
by Kate Rothschild
June 21, 2015, Chrisitan Science Monitor
Tap dance: Water’s effect on Arab-Israeli relations
by Christa Case Bryant
April 26, 2015, PBS News Hour
Will Israel’s new water technology yield political gain in the arid Middle East?
by Martin Fletcher
April 12, 2015, Haaretz
To avoid a regional crisis, give Gaza more clean water
by Earl Blumenauer and Gidon Bromberg
March 10, 2015, Investor Ideas
Leaders from Middle East, Great Lakes to Convene at “Water after Borders,” Historic Chicago Summit On Global Stakes and Local Politics of Fresh Water
March 6, 2015, Jerusalem Post
‘Israel’s decision to double water supplies to Gaza is an improvement but still inadequate’
by Sharon Udasin
March 4, 2015 Haaretz
Israel to double amount of water supplied to Gaza
by Jack Khoury
(click here for the article in Hebrew)
January 26, 2015, The Marker (Hebrew)
The answer to the monopoly on gas – the gas in Gaza
by Gidon Bromberg
January 10, 2015, Jordan Times
Regional water cooperation as a driver for peace
by Helena Gröndahl Rietz
(read here in Arabic in the Al Rai newspaper)
January 10, 2015, Fanack Water news
How Israel Can Help Alleviate the Gaza Water Crisis
by Gidon Bromberg
January 9, 2015, Jewish News Australia
Peace through ecology
by Joshua Levi
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2014
December 29, 2014, Reshet Bet Radio (Hebrew)
Six O’clock with Anat Dolev (Interview with Youval Arbel on water cooperation)
(from minute 4:30 to 18:00)
December, 3, 2014, Globes (Hebrew)
Waste Water Treatment Plant in Gaza needs Electricity; Israelis Exposed to Danger
by Hedi Cohen
November 29, 2014, Haaretz
The half-full glass: Could ‘water diplomacy’ bring peace to the Mideast?
by Netta Ahituv
(Click here for the article in Hebrew)
November 18, 2014, Huffington Post Blog
Water Cannot Wait: A New Roadmap to Middle East Peace
by Gidon Bromberg
October 29, 2014, Ynet (Hebrew)
Peace via the Environment: The interest: Cooperation
(video interview with Gidon Bromberg, Israeli Director)
October 27, 2014, Yediot Aharonot (Hebrew)
Politics, Now! 19 years since Rabin’s assassination: returning to the Square on Saturday evening
by Roz Shechnik
October 27, 2014, The Marker (Hebrew)
Thomas Friedman changes tone: Israel is surrounded – no other country is under such a threat
October 27, 2014, Maariv (Hebrew)
The Water Divide
by Gidon Bromberg and Oden Eran
October 27, 2014, Shabiba (Arabic)
The Last Train
October 26, 2014, Klmty.net (Arabic)
Friedman: Kerry was the Last Train to Revive Peace
October 26, 2014, Ad Dostor (Arabic)
Friedman: Healthy Cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians is the Only Path for Permanent Security
October 25, 2014, the New York Times
The Last Train
by Thomas Friedman
October 10, 2014, Times of Israel (OpEd)
On water for Gaza, put politics aside
by Gidon Bromberg and Oded Eran
October 9, 2014, Jerusalem Post
Cross-border environmental group urges Israel to increase water supply to Gaza
by Sharon Udasin
October 8, 2014, The New York Jewish Week
The Case For The ‘Water-First’ Approach
by Nathan Jeffay
September 22, 2014, Deeretna News (Arabic)
Water Crisis in Gaza, Emergency Appeal to Meet the Urgent Water and Sanitation Needs in Abasan Al- Kabira
by Samar Salma
June 30, 2014, Jerusalem Report
Breaking the Deadlock
by Shlomo Brom
June 10, 2014, Panorama
Water issue held hostage to the detriment of the Israelis and Palestinians
May 6, 2014, Ha’aretz (Hebrew)
Water Wars
by Gidon Bromberg
May 1, 2014, ABC news
Kerry ‘Apartheid’ Comments Tap Into Israeli Debate
by Josef Federman (AP)
May 1, 2014, Herald Standard
Kerry ‘apartheid’ comments tap into Israeli debate
AP
April 17, 2014, Bloomberg News
Palestinian Water Shortages Intensify Due To Drought, Aging Infrastructure, Inaction
by Jenny David
April 2, 2014, The Journal of Turkish Weekly
Water issue overshadowed by peace negotiations
Büşra Nur Özgüler
April 2, 2014, Mabinogogiblog
Friends of the Earth Middle East – plucking hope from the mouth of despair
April 1, 2014, Jerusalem Post
Environmentalists, security strategists caution: Water can’t wait for a peace agreement
by Sharon Udasin
February 23, 2014, Reshet TV / World Morning Show (Hebrew)
Who needs more water? Palestinians or Israelis?
with FoEME’s Youval Arbel being interviewed
February 14, 2014, Skoll Forum Blog
Water Cannot Wait
by Gidon Bromberg
February 13, 2014, Jerusalem Post
Water concerns
Editorial
February 13, 2014, The Times of Israel – Blog
Squeeze water out of the peace process
by Gidon Bromberg
February 13, 2014, The Times of Israel
Testing the waters: Did EU visitor get his numbers right?
by Mitch Ginsburg
February 12, 2014, ALLMEP website
Thomas Friedman Addresses Cross-Border Water Issues after EcoPeace/FoEME Tour & Conference
February 10, 2014, SIDA website
Whose Garbage is This Anyway?
February 9, 2014, The New York Times
Whose Garbage Is This Anyway?
by Thomas Friedman
February 6, 2014, Saffad (Arabic)
Tzipi Livni: We did not dream for more than two millennia for an isolated state
January 29, 2014, Almasry alyoum (Arabic)
Friedman: Kerry Peace Plan includes dropping right of return
by Mohammed Buhairi
January 30, 2014, The Guardian
Gaza warned of looming water crisis
by Matthe Kalman
January 30, 2014, Dagen (Swedish)
Water issues can only be solved through cooperation
by Arne Lapidus
January 29, 2014, Israel Channel 10 (Hebrew)
London & Kirschenbaum program – interview with Gidon Bromberg on the Water Crisis in Gaza (minute 30:40)
January 29, 2014, Ynetnews.com (English)
Gaza Strip faces water shortage
by Linda Gradstein
January 29, 2014, The Media Line
A Thirsty Neighbor is Not a Good Neighbor
By Linda Gradstein
January 29, 2014, nrg.co.il (Hebrew)
Kerri’s outline exposed: East Jerusalem to be recognized as Palestinian capital
January 29, 2014, Walla (Hebrew)
Kerri’s Outline: Palestinian Capital in Arabic East Jerusalem
by Amir Tivon
January 28, 2014, Ha’aretz
Experts say Gaza water shortage likely to bring about humanitarian crisis ((Hebrew version)
In Gaza, water – and time – are running out (English version)
by Zafrir Rinat
January 27, 2014, Jerusalem Post
Livni: Environment can serve as ‘common denominator’ between Israel, PA
by Sharon Udasin
January 27, 2014, Haaretz
PM to reprimand Bennett following spat over future of settlements
(Click here for the article in Hebrew)
by Barak Ravid
January 27, 2014, Maariv (nrg.co.il) (Hebrew)
The goals of negotiations are not to reveal the face of the other side
by Eli Brendenshtein
January 27, 2014, Walla News (Hebrew)
Removing the Mask from Abu Mazen is not our goal
by Amir Tivon
January 27, 2014, Walla News (Hebrew)
Another side to the negotiations: Water Can’t Wait
by Amir Tivon
January 27, 2014, Nana 10 News (Hebrew)
Livni to Benet: The goal is not to unmask the other side, but to get to an agreement
by Shai Doron
January 27, 2014, Ynet (Hebrew)
NY Times journalist Thomas Friedman: Only Livni and Kerry believe in Peace
by Gilad Morag
January 8, 2014, Council of Israel and Jewish Affairs in Canada
Moving Water from last to first in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
by David Brooks
January 8, 2014, International Water Law Project Blog
Israeli-Palestinian Agreement on Water within Sight
by David Brooks
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2013
December 16, 2013, Thomson Reuters
Water Issues Can Play a Leading Role in the Middle East Peace Process
by Gidon Bromberg, Munqeth Mehyar, and Nader Khateeb
December 13, 2013, Skoll World Forum
Water Issues Can Play a Leading Role in the Middle East Peace Process
by Gidon Bromberg, Munqeth Mehyar and Nader Khateeb
October 1, 2013, Radio Sawa (Arabic)
Can Water Open the Road for Middle East Peace
by Zaid Benjamin
August 15, 2013, Ynet
Release Water, Not Only Prisoners
by Oded Eran and Gidon Bromberg
July 17, 2013, Ooska News
Water Proposed as First Final Stage Issue in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
by Ooska News Correspondent
May 28, 2013, Science & Diplomacy
Academic Tribes and Transboundary Water Management
By Julie Trottier, David B. Brooks
May 27, 2013, Haaretz (Hebrew)
Water Cannot Wait
Oden Eran and Gidon Bromberg
April 25, 2013, Al Jazeera English “The Stream”
Water Wars? (video) – Gidon Bromberg, Israeli Director at minute 8:57
March 28, 2013, Environment and Climate in the Middle East
PA accuses Israel of blocking water resources
by Sharon Udasin
March 24, 2013, Jerusalem Post
PA accuses Israel of blocking water resources
by Sharon Udasin
March 22, 2013, Environment News Service
International Cooperation Key to World Water Day 2013
March 19, 2013, Jerusalem Post
Use water as a stepping stone towards peace
by Sharon Udasin
March 17, 2013, +972 Magazine
President Obama: When in the Middle East, walk on water
by Oded Eran and Gidon Bromberg
March 15, 2013, Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention
It is Time to Change the Paradigm
by Oded Eran and Gidon Bromberg
March 15, 2013, Huffington Post – OpEd
President Obama, When in the Middle East, Walk on Water
by Oded Eran and Gidon Bromberg
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2012
January 20, 2012, Le Monde (French)
Israel – Palestine: The French Report on the Explosive Issue of Water
by Flora Genoux
January 19, 2012, London and Kirschenbaum, Channel 10 Israeli TV (Hebrew)
FoEME in a debate on Water Justice for Palestinians
with FoEME’s Gidon Bromberg and Israeli Minister of Environment, Gilad Erdan
January 18, 2012, Green Prophet
FoEME Calms Water War Rhetoric Between Palestine and Israel
by Tafline Laylin
January 17, 2012, Jerusalem Post
Government slams French water ‘apartheid’ report
by Sharon Udasin
January 17, 2012, Euro Med Information System
FoEME calls on the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority to Negotiate a New Water Accord
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2011
December 17, 2011, Epoch Times (Hebrew)
Water does not recognize borders: a new chapter in regional water?
by Marlene Aviva Greenfetter
December 17, 2011, Radio Reshet Bet (Hebrew)
Ashdod conference and the issue of Palestinian sewage
December 17, 2011, Radio Reshet Bet (English / Hebrew)
Interview with Palestinian Minister of Water and Israeli Minister of Environment
by Noam Bar Shalom
December 15, 2011, Maan News Agency
Officials plan water plant to end crisis
December 14, 2011, Reshet Bet (Hebrew)
“Minister Erdan does not fully understand the problem of sewage from which Palestinians suffer”
by Noam Bar Shalom
December 14, 2011, Jerusalem Post
Erdan, PA agree sides must increase water cooperation
by Sharon Udasin
December 13, 2011, Haaretz (Hebrew)
Palestinian Water Minister: Israel is preventing Palestinians from developing water resources
by Zafrir Rinat
December 13, 2011, Ynet.co.il (Hebrew)
Water Crisis? “Occupation” and “Hamas” on the Green Panel
by Tomer Prat
December 13, 2011, The Marker (Hebrew)
Erdan: The Palestinians are wasting water and sending us sewage
October 10, 2011, Ha’aretz (Hebrew)
Will Israel and the PA at least agree about water?
by Zafrir Rinat
October 3, 2011, Ha’aretz (English)
Experts say peace may flow from Israel-PA water-sharing pact
by Zafrir Rinat
September 26, 2011, Jerusalem Post
Israeli, Palestinian experts meet over water agreements
by Sharon Udasin
June 7, 2011, Jerusalem Post
Amman will purchase 10 m. cubic meters of Israeli water
by Sharon Udasin
February, 2011, Israel Aktueel (Dutch)
Plan for Joint Water Management
by Alfred Muller
January 16, 2011, Gilon (Hebrew)
Water, Our Neighbors, and Us
by Meir Ben Tzvi
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2010
December 6, 2010, Ha’aretz / Calcalist (Hebrew)
Water Has no Borders
by Danny Rubenstein
December 2, 2010, National Public Radio
Prices Rise As Drought Conditions Worsen in Israel
by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
December 1, 2010, Jerusalem Post
Environmental Group proposes water managment plan
by Ehud Zion Waldoks
December 1, 2010, Energia news
Conference presenting a new model water agreement
December 1, 2010, Sviva weekly news (Hebrew)
Green news items
November 30, 2010, Reshet Bet (Hebrew)
FoEME on joint water management
by Noam Bar Shalom
November 30, 2010, NRG.co.il (Hebrew)
Suggestion: Joint management by Israelis and Palestinians of shared waters
by Dalia Mazori
November 30, 2010, South Jerusalem blog
What To Do About Water
by Haim Watsman
November 30, 2010, Epoch Times (Hebrew)
Joint Water management of Israeli and Palestinian Shared Waters
by Marlene Aviva Greenfetter
October 5, 2010, PBS News Hour
In Middle East, Coalition Aims to Ease Tension Over Water Resources
with Fred de Sam Lazaro
January 4, 2010, Green Prophet
Gidon Bromberg on Water Security and Sustainability in the Middle East
by Karin Kloosterman
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2009
July 21, 2009, The World (from the BBC, PRI, WGBH)
Water and Cooperation in the Middle East
by Linda Gradstein
July 14, 2009, New York Times
Water for Peace
by Stanley A. Weiss
February 13, 2009, Law Blog (article from BBC)
Peace in the Pipeline
By Aaron Wolf, Annika Kramer, Alexander Carius and Geoffrey Dabelko
February 3, 2009, Mabinogogiblog
The Water Project: Peace in Israel/Palestine through cooperation on sustainability
January 16, 2009, BBC One Planet (Radio)
Israel Drought
(Gidon Bromberg, FoEME Israeli director, speaks at minutes 12:00, 17:00 and 21:00 of the broadcast)
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2008
December 8, 2008, Middle East Times
Is Water the Path to Peace?
by Rachelle Kliger
December 6, 2008, Bibbiablog
Is Water the Path to Peace?
November 10, 2008, Jerusalem Post
Jordan, Israel work to overcome regional water deficit
by Ehud Zion Waldoks
October 31, 2008, Le Monde (French)
At the Jordanian Border; overexploiting the limited “Blue” Gold Mine
Op-Ed Haaretz, October 10, 2008
Let Common Sense Flow
by Gidon Bromberg
July 21, 2008, The Christian Monitor
Israel-Hamas standoff deepens water woes
By Rafael D. Frankel
June 5, 2008, The Economist
Don’t make the desert bloom
by Gideon Lichfield
May 23, 2008, The Jewish Chronicle
Talking is Easier in Open Jordan
by Mati Milstein
May 22, 2008, National Geographic
Desalination No “Silver Bullet” in Mideast
by Mati Milstein
March 10, 2008, Reuters AlertNet
Gaza forced to pump more raw sewage into sea
Source: IRIN
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2007
June 28, 2007, 7 Days Dubai, United Arab Emerites
Dubai, Sea of Fresh Water
June 18, 2007, MediaLine Radio
Gaza’s Environmental Scenario
by Rachelle Kliger
June 10, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle
Future of war will go with the flow – Water promises to be flash point
by Stephanie Fried
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2006
November 10, 2006, The Jewish Chronicle
Peace and the Environment
by Richard Tarasofsky
August 16, 2006, Woodrow Wilson Center
Environmental Change and Security Program Launches Policy Brief Series on Water Conflict, Cooperation
FoEME, as a partner to “The Coalition of Organizations to Advance the Right to Water”, has endorsed the Water = Life statement: Ensuring the Right to Water of the Residents of the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev