The Water War: Palestine's Hidden Struggle Over Aquifers

In this episode of The History of Palestine, Lucas and Luna explore the long and bitter conflict over water in Palestine, a resource as precious as land itself. From the Ottoman era's communal irrigation systems to British Mandate water rights, from Israel's national water carrier to the 1967 occupation of the West Bank's mountain aquifer, water has been a quiet but relentless driver of displacement and control. Lucas explains how the 1950s Johnston Plan failed to allocate fair shares, how the 1995 Oslo II agreement gave Israel control over 80% of Palestinian groundwater, and how today, Palestinians in the West Bank consume a fraction of the water used by Israeli settlers. The episode also examines the role of the World Bank, the rise of desalination, and the looming threat of climate change. With specific numbers, names like Mekorot and the Palestinian Water Authority, and the unbuilt Red Sea–Dead Sea canal, this episode reveals a hidden front in the Palestinian struggle, one that flows beneath the headlines.

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