Nakba environnementale

The report describes a 'ecological Nakba' in the West Bank, where Israeli occupation manifests through the systematic appropriation of land and water, the dumping of toxic and nuclear waste, and the establishment of polluting industries in 'closed zones'. It highlights how environmental protection is used as a tool for land seizure, specifically in areas like Wadi Qana, and details the severe disparity in water access between Palestinian communities and Israeli settlements.

• The Israeli occupation employs various legal mechanisms, including Ottoman, British Mandate, Jordanian, and Israeli laws, to arbitrarily requisition Palestinian land for security reasons or military zones, which undermines the viability of a future Palestinian state.
• There is a severe disparity in water access in the West Bank; Israelis control the extraction of the East, West, and North-East aquifers, with Palestinians accessing less than 15% of the water. In some areas, such as the village of Om Elkheir, settlers consume 300 liters per person per day compared to 15 liters for Palestinians.
• Israeli settlements use the West Bank as a site for waste disposal, with 80% of settlement waste being dumped in the region. This includes the dumping of industrial and chemical waste, such as at the Qalqilya site, which has contaminated water with lead and 17 toxic chemical agents, allegedly leading to high rates of cancer and gynecological anomalies in nearby villages.
• The Israeli occupation has established industrial zones, such as Nitzanei Shalom near Tulkarem, in 'closed zones' where companies can operate with little to no emission controls or oversight, effectively creating a 'permit to pollute' while employing Palestinian workers under poor health and safety conditions.
• Nature conservation is used as a tool for 'greenwashing' ethnic cleansing, where areas are declared nature reserves to abolish Palestinian property rights and exclude them from the land. In the West Bank, Israel has declared 12% of the land as nature reserves, compared to the 3% designated by the Palestinian Land Research Center.

APA

Al Butmah, A., Peek, B., & Scandrett, E. (2013). Nakba environnementale. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/04-FoEI-Nakba-report-FR-mr.pdf

Chicago

Al Butmah, Abeer, Bobby Peek, and Eurig Scandrett. Nakba environnementale. Friends of the Earth International, 2013. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/04-FoEI-Nakba-report-FR-mr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{albutmah2013nakba, author = {Al Butmah, Abeer and Peek, Bobby and Scandrett, Eurig}, title = {{Nakba environnementale}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2013}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/04-FoEI-Nakba-report-FR-mr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }