“The Palestinian Environment is a Victim of Continues Israeli Attrition”
In the occasion of the world Environment Day, celebrated every year on the fifth of June since
1972, when the United Nations declared World Environment Day at the opening of the
establishment of the United Nation Environment Program (UNEP), and gave it the
responsibility of increasing world attention to the environment, and increasing awareness of the public on their important role in protecting the environment.
The depletion and destruction of environmental resources in the Palestinian Territory caused by a number of causes, foremost of brutal and barbaric Israeli actions in the Palestinian Territory, which is classified as a form of terrorism on the Palestinian environment. The bad management of these resources by the Palestinians at all levels and sectors play a pivotal role in the destruction and attrition of this Environment.
The Population Density in the
PCBS estimations indicate that the population density in the
142.7 Million Liters of Water Drained by Settlers in the
475,760 settlers consume142.7 million liters per day of the total amount of water in the
discharges an estimated 507 million cubic meters annually, while the eastern isolated region is located entirely on the eastern basin which discharge an estimated 172 million cubic meters annually. The extraction of fresh water from these basins is done by pumping groundwater from wells or through the disposal of natural springs. The estimated number of groundwater wells in these regions was 165 wells with a pumping capacity of 33 million cubic meters per year, Also the number of springs estimated 53 fountains which discharge 22 million cubic meters annually. The extracted water from wells and springs, located in the isolated and confiscated region, used for human consumption, agricultural, industrial and tourism uses which do not serve just the residential areas within the isolated region, but also it transferred and used in the regions and communities located behind the wall, which means that Israel is robbing a large percentage of Water resources which deprives the Palestinians from their water.
144 Colony Separates Palestinian Communities from the Area Around its Environment
and Prejudice the Ecological Balance
Israeli settlements are one of the most prominent manifestations of Israeli destruction of the Palestinian environment in the
colonies is accompanied with destructive activities on the environment in the Palestinian
Territory, such activities include bulldozing and confiscating of agricultural land for
construction of roads to provide protection for the settlers. Since the start of the Second
Intifada until the date 31/12/2007, there were 1,630 destroyed trees in the Palestinian
Territory, and 2,851 dunums of destroyed greenhouses, beside 13,148 dunums of Scooped exposed vegetables area, and 14,077 dunums of scooped field crops area.
Length is 764.4 Kilometers of Bypass Roads in the
Bypass roads are other phenomena of Israeli attacks on Palestinian environment, the total
length of bypass roads in the occupied
activities contribute in removing vegetation cover on a long distances and limit the movement of wild animals.
Millions of Tons of Toxic Gas and Large Amounts of Dust Blown Daily into the
Palestinian Air
Palestinians are exposed to millions of tons of toxic gases because of the dozens of chemical plants and colonies distributed in the
96.1% of Secondary Health Care Centers (Governmental and Non-Governmental) in the
84.0% of health care centers (governmental and non-governmental) in the Palestinian
Territory obtain water for consumption from the water network, representing 96.1% of
secondary health care centers, and 83.1% of primary health care centers that obtain water
from the network. Concerning economic establishments, results show that 86.7% of economic establishments in the
2 Million Ton are the Estimate Quantity of Solid Waste in the
The Estimation indicate that the amount of solid waste produced in the Palestinian Territory during 2007 are two million tons, 53.7% of which produced in the domestic sector and 44.8% resulted from the economic sector (industrial activities, constructions, whole sale, retail and repairs, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communications, real estate, renting and business activities, education, health and social work, community, social and personal services), and 1.5% produced in the health care sector.
34.4% of Health Care Centers (Governmental and Non-Governmental) in the
34.4% of health care centers (governmental and non-governmental) in the Palestinian
Territory in 2007 dispose of their wastewater using a public network.
Wastewater network was used for disposal of wastewater by 66.8% of the economic
establishments, and by 45.3% of the households in the