Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Palestine-Israel

The views and opinions in the following collection of material do not reflect those of EnPAx, its directors, or staff, and are provided in the context of academic and professional discourse without bias.

The attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023 and Israel's subsequent attacks on Gaza take place in a broader historical context with substantial environmental dimensions, particularly related to land and water. This subsite collects resources relating to the environmental dimensions of the conflict between Palestine and Israel, as well as efforts to build peace through shared environmental interests.

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Desk Study of the Economic and Geo-political Feasibility of a Large-Scale Desalination Plant in the Gaza Strip and Its Incorporation into the Regional Water Supply System

Library
2025 | EcoPeace Middle East
David Katz and Fredi Lokiec

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Announcement
Oct 14, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa

Food Security: Starvation Is a War Crime, but Will Justice Ever Be Done?

International
Aug 15, 2025 | Cathrin Schaer
Deutsche Welle

Israel/Palestine: Less Than Seven Percent of Pre-Conflict Water Levels Available to Rafah and North Gaza, Worsening a Health Catastrophe

International
Feb 18, 2025 | Oxfam Aotearoa

Israel/Palestine/Gaza: After Israel’s Deadly War, ‘Uninhabitable’ Gaza Will Face Environmental Disaster for Decades: Experts

International
Dec 18, 2023 | Nuran Erkul, Anadolu Agency

Palestine-Israel

Resources

Desk Study of the Economic and Geo-political Feasibility of a Large-Scale Desalination Plant in the Gaza Strip and Its Incorporation into the Regional Water Supply System

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Food Security: Starvation Is a War Crime, but Will Justice Ever Be Done?

Israel/Palestine: Less Than Seven Percent of Pre-Conflict Water Levels Available to Rafah and North Gaza, Worsening a Health Catastrophe

The Price of Victory in the Gaza War: Women, Climate, and Peace

War, Drought Cause Spike in Violent Water Conflicts

Climate Change: Where’s the Water?

Israel/Palestine: UN: More Than Half of Cropland in Hungry Gaza Is Damaged

Hunger as a Weapon of War

Israel/Palestine: How Israel’s Flooding of Gaza’s Tunnels Will Impact Freshwater Supply

From Gaza to Sudan, Conflict Is Driving a Rise in Hunger Worldwide

Israel/Palestine: How War Destroyed Gaza’s Neighbourhoods – Visual Investigation

Israel/Palestine/Gaza: The War Zone in Gaza Will Leave a Legacy of Hidden Health Risks

Israel/Palestine: Three Israeli Groups Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize amid Hamas War

Israel/Palestine/Gaza: For Civilians or Hamas? 'Dual Use' Issue Complicates Gaza Aid Efforts

Nigeria: Desert Swallows Livelihoods as Climate Shocks Continue in Northeast Nigeria

Israel/Palestine/Gaza: The Environmental Toll in Gaza Will Endanger Residents Long after War’s End

Counting the Dead in Gaza: Difficult but Essential

Environmental Impact of the Conflict in Gaza: Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Impacts

Water Wars: Water Increasingly at the Center of Conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East

Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Flooding Hamas Tunnels with Seawater Risks ‘Ruining Basic Life in Gaza’, Says Expert

Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza

Israel/Palestine/Gaza: After Israel’s Deadly War, ‘Uninhabitable’ Gaza Will Face Environmental Disaster for Decades: Experts

Stakeholders Explore Dynamics Around Intersection of Climate Change, Gender-Based Violence

Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Gaza’s Environment, Devastated by War, Catches the Attention of Activists at the Cop28 Summit

Israel: Israel’s Farms Need Foreign Labourers. The Hamas Attacks Triggered an Exodus

Ukraine: AI Warfare: The Company Hunting Land Mines in Ukraine

Israel/Palestine/Gaze: Gaza's Solar Power in Wartime

Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Gaza War Inflicts Catastrophic Damage on Infrastructure and Economy

Afghanistan: Discovery of 40 New Emerald Mines in Panjshir Province