The Israeli Water Crisis: Potential Solutions in the Agricultural Sector

This thesis explores the history, politics, policies, and technologies that define Israel’s struggle for water. A country wealthy in brainpower, Israel currently employs many viable options that have greened its desert. A discussion of the types of water and the methods and technologies with which to salvage them for use by the inhabitants and agriculture of Israel are included in this thesis. Current domestic and agricultural water usage in Israel is explored, and its future water demands projected. Introduced are the problems of this arid climate, its geography, soil, and population. This paper demonstrates that Israel’s past and current water policies and laws have determined that obtaining and conserving water is beneficial at any price to maintain its stability and dominance in the region. However, as water issues are regional and, thereby, transboundary, this thesis concludes that Israel should work with its neighbors on cooperation on water issues as a way of improving peace.

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