Nakba ambiental

This report by Friends of the Earth International documents 'environmental Nakba' in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, specifically the West Bank. It details how the Israeli occupation utilizes land expropriation, water control, toxic waste dumping, and nature conservation designations as tools for colonization and ethnic cleansing.

• The report defines 'environmental Nakba' as a process where environmental destruction is inextricably linked to political and social injustices, including the ongoing colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. This includes the destruction of hundreds of thousands of hectares of cultivated land and the eradication of ecosystems caused by the construction of the separation wall.
• Israel exercises near-total control over the three main aquifers in the West Bank (Eastern, Western, and Northeastern), capturing over 85% of the water. This results in a stark disparity in water consumption: Palestinians in the West Bank average 73 liters per person per day—below the WHO minimum of 100 liters—while Israelis use 300 liters and settlers use 369 liters.
• The report documents the use of waste as a political tool, noting that 80% of waste from Israeli settlements is dumped in the West Bank. In Qalquilia, a landfill established in 1980 on confiscated land received industrial chemical waste from Israel until 2000, leading to lead contamination and high incidences of cancer and gynecological anomalies in nearby Jayyous and Azzun.
• Industrial zones in the separation zones, such as Nitzanei Shalom near Tulkarem, are described as 'licenses to pollute.' These areas house Israeli-owned chemical factories that operate without monitoring or restrictions, employing Palestinian workers under poor safety conditions and low wages, often below the minimum wage.
• Nature conservation is used as a 'green makeup' for ethnic cleansing. In Wadi Qana, the area was declared a nature reserve by Israel, which restricted Palestinian farming and development while allowing Israeli settlers to extract water, dump untreated sewage, and destroy native trees and olive groves.
• Land expropriation in the West Bank is carried out through various legal mechanisms, including Ottoman, British Mandate, and Jordanian laws. In Kafr Dik, 80% of the village's 13,000 dunams are under confiscation orders to expand Israeli industrial zones and residential colonies (Pedu’el, Ale Zahav, and Rochim).

APA

Al Butmah, A., Peek, B., & Scandrett, E. (2013). Nakba ambiental. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/03-FoEI-Nakba-report-ESP-mr.pdf

Chicago

Al Butmah, Abeer, Bobby Peek, and Eurig Scandrett. Nakba ambiental. Friends of the Earth International, 2013. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/03-FoEI-Nakba-report-ESP-mr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{albutmah2013nakba, author = {Al Butmah, Abeer and Peek, Bobby and Scandrett, Eurig}, title = {{Nakba ambiental}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2013}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/03-FoEI-Nakba-report-ESP-mr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }