Restructuring the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee

How can the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee (JWC) be restructured as a problem-solving entity and how can this newly structured JWC contribute to mutual water security in the region? While the Israel-Palestine conflict remains unresolved, thousands in the region lack a reliable water source. Climate change continues to exacerbate water scarcity, while new technologies like desalination are changing the nature of the relationship between the two parties. Overall, though, there is a deeply rooted sense of distrust between the parties, and political tensions have stalled fruitful water collaboration in recent years. Oslo II called for the creation of the Israel-Palestine JWC in 1995, but since then joint-efforts have had limited success. For over half a decade there were no formal meetings due to political tensions.

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Bachelor

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Schwind, Kathleen K.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lawrence E. Susskind.

• Urban Studies and Planning.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123924

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