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Mekorot announces net profit of NIS 51 million in Q1

Company results show that total revenue for the reporting period amounted to NIS 924 million, a decline of slightly more than 1% compared to total revenue in the first quarter of 2022.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An aerial view shows the pier of a plant of Mekorot located close to the national water carrier project, which in cases of emergency can pump desalinated water into the Sea of Galilee, on January 23.
FISHING BOATS on the coast of Gaza.

Turkey media threatens Israel with 'Libya model' of water grab off Gaza

The concept pushed by the Turkish media, likely with support from the government, argues that Turkey can sign a deal with the Palestinians and increase support for them by sea.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Palestinian girl drinks from a public tap at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip

UNGA to Israel: Stop exploiting Palestinian resources

At issue in particular in the resolution was Israeli use of water, natural gas and land, and its failure to allow the Palestinians to develop those resources for their own needs.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinian children in Gaza fetch water from a container

US joins effort to ‘transform’ wastewater reuse in Palestinian territories

Trump envoy Jason Greenblatt calls on the Palestinian Authority to eject Hamas from power in Gaza.

|ByMICHAEL WILNER

Israel opens 13 km. pipeline to alleviate West Bank water shortage

The Water Authority and setters have also charged that Palestinian theft of water has depleted supplies.

AUGUST 15, 2017
SAMARIA REGIONAL COUNCIL head Yossi Dagan (left), Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz (center) and Civil Administration officer Benny Elbaz inaugurate a 13-km. water pipeline in Samaria on Monday.

PA, Gaza to get more H20 under Red-Dead water sharing agreement

A start, but the Strip needs more, NGO says.

JULY 14, 2017
Palestinians walk past a damaged car as they return to their house after filling containers with water from a public tap in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

Water Water... Everywhere!

JULY 13, 2017
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Cross-border water pollution threatens Israeli security, watchdog says

EcoPeace: The state comptroller’s report presents “a scathing assessment of failure for more than two decades of Israeli government action and inaction.”

MAY 16, 2017
A Palestinian walks through a water pipe underneath the controversial Israeli barrier in al-Ram, on the edge of Jerusalem [File]

Israel - A regional water superpower

Israel is the world's leader in water reclamation with 87% of its wastewater undergoing purification and reuse for agriculture.

MAY 13, 2017
ByNATAN ODENHEIMER
Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian mayors and municipal representatives participate in an event in the lower Jordan River, to call on the two governments to rehabilitate the river

'Trump should use water to make Middle East peace'

Cabinet’s most right-wing minister touts ‘economic peace’ as way for US president to advance regional ties.

APRIL 8, 2017
The sun sets over the sea of Galilee

Israel gives Pal. Authority limited water autonomy in West Bank

97 suspended projects for Palestinians can now move forward.

JANUARY 17, 2017
MAJ.-GEN. YOAV (POLY) MORDECHAI (left) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh after agreeing to renew activities of the Joint Water Committee.

A fresh look at Israeli/Palestinian freshwater issues

With meaningful effort from both sides, the EcoPeace proposal can be a stepping stone for a long-term solution to water problems in the region.

DECEMBER 19, 2016
ByWENDY B. JACOBS, ROBERT C. BORDONE, HRAFNHILDUR BRAGADOTTIR
Cooling off in Teddy Park’s fountain water show

Peace process should not be 'all or nothing,' says EU ambassador

Lars Faaborg-Andersen says small advancements necessary in areas such as water, environment.

DECEMBER 9, 2016
Man checking his water tank on a rooftop in Sa'ir

Activists demand EU withdraw support from Israeli-run water conference

The conference in question is WATEC Italy 2016: Water Technology and Environmental Control Exhibition and Conference, slated to take place from September 21-23 in Venice.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
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Palestinian water wars boiling over in Sa'ir

Palestinian Water Authority accuses employees of Sa’ir Municipality of stealing water; municipality says claims are false.

AUGUST 28, 2016
A TRACTOR carries water in the village of Sa’ir earlier this month.