Water Security for Palestinians and Israelis

Christopher Ward is a scholar on water and the environment with a particular interest in the Middle East. He studied at St John's College and St Antony's College, Oxford. After 25 years working at the World Bank, he joined the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of The Water Crisis in Yemen (2015) and of Water Scarcity, Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle East (2018). as well as of numerous studies and articles, most recently on water scarcity in Viet Nam and Indonesia, and of a monograph on desalination. Sandra Ruckstuhl is a scholar and researcher who specializes in water and natural resource management, conflict and peacebuilding. She holds a MSc and PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from the Carter School at George Mason University. She is the co-author of Water Scarcity, Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle East (I.B.Tauris 2018). She is currently Special Advisor and Senior Researcher at the International Water Management Institute. Isabelle Learmont is a scholar and researcher who has taught at universities in Saudi Arabia and the United States. She holds BA, MA and Ph.D degrees from Queen Mary University of London and has spent many years living and working in the Middle East. She is currently a director of the consultancy firm Isca Strategies.

Acknowledgements
Preface

Introduction: The Divergence of Two Peoples and the Nature of Water Security

PART ONE: WATER SECURITY FOR ISRAELIS
Chapter One: The three components of Israeli water security

PART TWO: WATER SECURITY FOR PALESTINIANS
Chapter Two: Security of water resources for West Bank Palestinians
Chapter Three: Security of water services in the West Bank
Chapter Four: Sanitation and wastewater in the West Bank
Chapter Five: Security in water for agriculture and irrigation in the West Bank
Chapter Six: Water security in the Gaza Strip

PART THREE: TOWARDS A NEW COOPERATION ON WATER SECURITY
Chapter Seven: What scope for a new cooperation on water?
Chapter Eight: Incentives to change
Chapter Nine: How could cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians be reset and water security achieved for both peoples?

Coda: What do we learn about the concept of water security?

Index