Peace and Pollution: An Examination of Palestinian—Israeli Trans-Boundary Hazardous Waste Management 20 Years after the Oslo Peace Accords


Publisher: Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

Author(s): Ilan Alleson , Jamie Levin , Shmuel Brenner, and Mohammad Said Al Hmaidi

Date: 2013

Topics: Cooperation, Peace Agreements, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution

Countries: Israel, Palestine

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As part of the Oslo Accords, Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to jointly manage issues of environmental concern according to internationally recognised standards. The purpose of this paper is to qualitatively evaluate the outcomes of the Palestinian–Israeli Oslo environmental peace agreements regarding trans-boundary hazardous waste management. Although the environmental negotiations that took place within the framework of the Oslo Accords can be seen as a significant milestone for environmental cooperation, many objectives were never achieved.