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| February 13, 2014
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Palestinian Water Consumption the Same as Others in Arab World

Israel’s Minister of Int’l Relations says EU Parliament chief made a serious error but goes on to emphasizes that Schulz is still a good friend of Israel.

By Gil Ronen

 

 

Yuval Steinitz, who is Minister of Intelligence, International Relations and Strategic Affairs, said Thursday that European Parliament President Martin Schulz made “a serious error” in his address to the Knesset Wednesday.

Schultz quoted Palestinian incitement without even checking its veracity, Steinitz told Voice of Israel public radio.

Regarding the differences in water consumption between Israelis and Palestinian Authority (PA) residents, Steinitz said that the consumption in the PA is similar to the average in the Arab world and should not be compared to the average consumption in Israel, where the standard of living is higher. Continue Reading »

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| December 15, 2013
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Latest Storm a Boost to the Kinneret

The “storm of the decade” that hit Israel this past weekend brought much needed water to the country’s aquifers and Lake Kinnert.

By David Lev

 

The “storm to end all storms” that hit Israel this past weekend will be remembered not only for how a major snowstorm brought many parts of the country to a halt, but for the unusual bounty of water it provided the country. According to the Meteorological Institute, over 200 millimeters of rain fell between Wednesday and Saturday on average in Israel.

That water, in the form of rain and melting snow, will eventually fill Israel’s aquifers, as well as the Kinneret, or Sea of Galilee. Continue Reading »

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| August 22, 2013
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Israel & Jordan Working on Water Deal

 

The Kingdom of Jordan, thirsty for water from the huge influx of displaced Syrian refugees, are to get Kinneret water from Israel’s north, in return for supplying desalinated water from Jordan’s soon to be built, southern Aqaba plant.

By Roi Kais

 

 

Israel and Jordan are holding advanced negotiations over water exchanges between the two sides, Ynet has learned.

The Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) – Photo: Hagai Aharon

According to the developing outline, a water desalination plant will be built in Aqaba, and Jordan will supply Israel with the product to be used in the Negev.

In return, Israel will supply Jordan with water from the Kinneret to be used in the north of the Hashemite Kingdom. Continue Reading »

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| July 6, 2013
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Israelis, West Bank & Gaza Palestinians come together to talk water

 

Scientists from Gaza, West Bank, Jordan,

France,

& Israel travel to southern Israeli town of Sde Boker to discuss water production.

 

‘Water can be an issue for conflict or for peace,’ says French ambassador to Israel

By jn1.tv

Under the patronage of the French Embassy in Israel, scientists from France, the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan and Israel will travel to the southern town of Sde Boker to talk common water production issues.

water reservoir

water reservoir – IsraelandStuff/PP

At the French ambassador’s villa in picturesque Jaffa, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, yet another cocktail party is being hosted, but this event is very special because sworn enemies are here to talk their future survival. Continue Reading »

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| March 19, 2013
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Israeli to expand water projects globally

Miya, a company set up by Israeli billionaire Shari Arison, continues to expand into Europe, Asia & Latin America this coming year to meet rising demand for drinkable water.

By Reuters

 

Miya, the water company set up by Israeli billionaire Shari Arison, will continue to expand into Latin America, Europe and Asia this year to meet rising demand for drinkable water.

Shari ArisonArison said Miya was already doing projects in the Bahamas, Manila and in Brazil.

“Most urban water systems lose a huge amount of water and we have come up with the way of using efficient management that reduces that lossage, which creates more water for people,” Arison told Reuters recently on the sidelines of a philanthropic event known as Good Deeds Day. Continue Reading »

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| February 13, 2013
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NASA reports catastrophic water loss for Middle East

Freshwater reserves in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria & along the Tigris & Euphrates river basins have lost an incredible 117 million acre feet (144 km³) of total underground freshwater, the 2nd fastest loss of groundwater storage loss after India.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

An amount of freshwater almost amounting to the volume of the Dead Sea has been lost in parts of the Middle East due to poor management, increased demands for groundwater and the effects of a 2007 drought, according to a NASA study.

An Iraqi woman checks her dried land. Turkey controls the Tigris and Euphrates headwaters, which dictates how much water flows downstream into Syria and Iraq.

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| February 5, 2013
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Israel Water Authority Declares End to Water Crisis

Over the past 7 years, Israel established 3 state of the art, water desalination plants along its Mediterranean coast, that now provide the state with nearly half of its drinking water.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel’s Water Authority on Monday officially declared the national water crisis to be over, and lifted its “severe drought advisory.”

rain average“The water crisis is over” and the situation is stable, but Israelis must not become complacent lest the nation find itself in a drought situation again, stated Water Authority Head Alexander Kushner.

Israel has suffered from dryer than usual winters for the past seven years, resulting in an overdraft of its national reservoirs, in particular the Sea of Galilee. Continue Reading »

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| December 9, 2012
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Any new Palestinian state will inherit ample water supply

The national religious party’s warning that Israel will be losing 1/2 of its water source if the West Bank becomes a Palestinian state is a slight exaggeration.

As it turns out Israel has other viable options to replace forfeited water source.

 

 

The national-religious Habayit Hayehudi party last week released a video warning of the dangers Israel would face following the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank.

Eden mineral water on sale in Israel, May 15, 2010

Eden mineral water. – Photo by Ofer Vaknin

Among the central warnings featured in the video was that the territory to be allotted to the Palestinians contains reservoirs that supply about half of Israel’s drinking water. Continue Reading »

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| December 7, 2012
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre has water turned back on

 

Holy water: The patriarch of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Gihon water company have reached an agreement concerning unpaid water bills of NIS 9 million ($2.3 million)

By Yori Yalon

 

Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Gihon, a Jerusalem-based water company, have reached an agreement concerning an unpaid water bill that totalled NIS 9 million ($2.3 million), after the company legally confiscated the patriarch’s bank account.

A drain on their finances: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. – Photo: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch

The conflict, which threatened to lead to an international crisis, began when Gihon demanded that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which the patriarch heads, pay for the water it was using despite a traditional exemption granted to the church before Gihon began supplying the water.

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| November 2, 2012
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Israel aids Jordan on water & natural gas. Only ‘Elder of Ziyon’ blog reports it.

While Jordanians are protesting against peace with Israel, Israel is quietly working behind the scenes to help Jordan with its two most pressing needs.

By Zvi, Elder of Ziyon

 

 

Jordan is having serious problems with shortages of both water and natural gas.

Man yells in front of Palestinian, Jordanian flags -Photo: REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

Man yells in front of Palestinian, Jordanian flags – Photo: REUTERS/Ali

From AFP, October 1:

Many ordinary Jordanians, as well as others in government circles, complain that tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who have fled from the conflict at home are draining the country’s meager water resources.

In recent weeks, people have demonstrated in southern and northern villages for not receiving water for the past two months, burning tyres, blocking roads and seizing a Water Authority tanker.

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| July 9, 2012
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IDF concerned Lebanon planning water diversion

 Israel is deliberating responses to the possibility that Lebanon will divert water from the Hatzbani River.

 

By YAAKOV KATZ

 

The IDF is deliberating responses ahead of the possibility that Lebanon will divert water from the Hatzbani River, a move that Israel has in the past viewed as a casus belli – justification for war.

Kayaking down the Hatzbani River – Photo: Phillip Pasmanick

Israel’s concern stems from the construction of a large tourism center on the Lebanese side of the river, not far from the Israeli town of Metulla.

A senior IDF officer in the Northern Command said that construction of the center needed to be closely tracked due to the possibility it would be used to divert water from the Hatzbani, which supplies 25 percent of the Jordan River’s waters.

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| July 7, 2012
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Hot or cold filtered water on demand

 

A joint UK-Israeli venture puts filtered tap water on British countertops, revolutionizing teatime and keeping plastics out of landfills.

 

Teatime is central to British culture, and a new product developed with UK and Israeli partners is changing the face of British teatime and home water consumption in general.

 

Richard Branson and Ofra Strauss introducing Virgin Pure.

Richard Branson and Ofra Strauss introducing Virgin Pure.

Imagine boiling hot and cold filtered water available all day, on demand. This is the promise of the Virgin Pure water system created by Virgin Strauss Water, a new joint venture pairing Israel’s family-owned Strauss Group and Britain’s Virgin brand owned by aviation mogul Richard Branson. Continue Reading »

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| June 29, 2012
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PA and Israel negotiate over Palestinian water shortage

Head of Palestinian Water Authority says Israel wants to increase price of the water it supplies to the PA from NIS 2.60 for one cubic liter to NIS 3.70, concedes that there are additional water problems being caused by poor management on the Palestinian side.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

In an interview with Palestinian news agency Ma’an, the head of the Palestinian Water Authority Shadad al-Ateli said on Wednesday that Israel is seeking to increase the price of the water it supplies to the Palestinian Authority, raising it from 2.60 shekels for one cubic liter to 3.70 shekels. Al-Ateli claimed the change will cost the Palestinian Treasury around 700 million shekels (which is the equivalent of around $177 million).

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| June 14, 2012
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Int’l Aid Groups Blame Israel That Gaza Water Unfit to Drink

Two international aid organizations claim that Gaza’s water is unfit to drink, but they blame Israel for the problem.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

 

Two international aid organizations claim that Gaza’s water is unfit to drink. But instead of blaming the Hamas terrorist rulers who have maintained a choke hold on the region since June 2007, the groups claim Israel is responsible for the contamination.

The “Save the Children” foundation and “Medical Aid for Palestinians” charity insist that Israel’s blockade of Gaza prevents “crucial sanitation equipment from getting in,” the BBC reported Thursday. “The blockade must be lifted ‘in its entirety,’” wrote the BBC, quoting a report by the charities, “Gaza’s Children: Falling Behind.” Continue Reading »

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| May 17, 2012
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Gov’t okays adding magnesium to drinking water

Netanyahu, Litzman launch pilot project to restore magnesium to drinking water that is lost in desalination.

Prime Minister and former health minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Deputy Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman decided on Wednesday to launch a pilot project in Ashkelon to restore the magnesium to drinking water that is lost in the process of desalination.

The project, whose extent and time frame will be determined by an inter-ministry team, is regarded as urgent due to the increasing share of purified sea water that is being used for drinking.

Israel has desalinated more of its water supply than any other country in the world.

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