Water in israel

A 'stab in the back': Israel's refusal to extend Jordanian water agreement may spark crisis

The 1994 peace treaty signed by Amman and Jerusalem required Israel to supply Jordan with 50 million cubic meters of water annually, an amount doubled in a 2021 commitment that expired in 2025.

Water discharging from a desalination plant into the Zalmon River and into the Sea of Galilee, March 4, 2026.
Hackathon, held at Google’s offices, with joint teams from Mekorot and Google Cloud

Turning ideas into products: Mekorot and Google Cloud's innovation hackathon

Mekorot Chairman Moshe Shimoni

Mekorot raises NIS 1.75 billion after bond offering draws NIS 3 billion in demand

Mekorot, announced that it is acquiring the municipal wastewater treatment plants serving Ashkelon and Netivot

Mekorot acquires wastewater facilities in Ashkelon and Netivot to support southern growth


Water NGO head: Crisis isn’t all the authority’s fault

‘Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater,’ says Raanan Adin in response to the State Comptroller’s Report.

PEOPLE ON paddle boards float on Lake Kinneret in 2016. It is Israel’s major surface fresh-water source, now endangered.

Tackling Israel’s water challenges

The Jewish National Fund continues to lead the way.

Kineret

Health Ministry Dir.-Gen.: Leptospirosis is easily treated

Health Ministry CEO Moshe Bar Siman Tov released a statement Sunday afternoon on the current status of the Leptospirosis ('ahberet') infection.

Snir Stream

4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference in Israel

'Water sensitive cities deliver water security in both water-poor and water abundant futures.'

Dr. Yaron Zinger, Director for Center for Water Sensitive Cities.

Is desalination the answer?

For years, Israel’s drinking water strategy has been lauded as being the envy of the world.

A view of the Melbourne Docklands and the city skyline from Waterfront City, looking across Victoria Harbour

WATCH: Israel at 70 - Israel's solutions to the water crisis

Can Israel solve the world's water shortage problems?

Israel 70+: Israel and the future of water technology

Realignment in the Middle East

The Jerusalem Post

US politicians, European technicians stream toward Israeli-run water technology

“We are bringing together the heartland of America with the Holy Land, we are bringing both the Mideast and the Midwest together."

Watec conference in Tel Aviv

Israel opens 13 km. pipeline to alleviate West Bank water shortage

The Water Authority and setters have also charged that Palestinian theft of water has depleted supplies.

SAMARIA REGIONAL COUNCIL head Yossi Dagan (left), Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz (center) and Civil Administration officer Benny Elbaz inaugurate a 13-km. water pipeline in Samaria on Monday.

Palestinians, Israeli settlers running out of water in West Bank

“Today we are working in order to expand the capability of supplying water in all Judea and Samaria.”

WATER TRUCKS are needed in the settlement of Shavei Shomron, west of Nablus.