Author ORCID Identifier
Emily McKee: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-4873
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Description
Despite widespread narratives of water wars, there is no straight line between water scarcity and conflict. Rather, water scarcity is shaped by inequitable distribution, the domination of water by some at the expense of others. This chapter surveys the current situation of water access across Israel and Palestine and addresses key historical and recent developments that have raised the stakes of water within socio-political relations and created wide inequities in water access between Palestinians and Israelis. In this region, power has mediated water access through forms of governance, such as colonialism; through technology, such as diversion canals and desalination plants; and through ideologies, such as arguments for cost recovery and centralized control in the face of scarcity. The chapter gives readers the tools to understand the interconnectedness of water use with political flashpoints in Palestine and Israel in particular, and it offers a rich case study for readers of comparative water-related conflicts around the world.
ISBN
9780429027376
Publication Date
2022
Department
Department of Anthropology
Publisher
Routledge
City
London
DOI
10.4324/9780429027376
Original Citation
2022. “The Power of Water in Palestinian-Israeli Relations.” In Routledge Companion on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, edited by Asaf Siniver, 248–61. London: Routledge.
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge Press in Routledge Companion on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on Oct 26, 2022, available online: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429027376