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Cross-country comparative analysis of enterprise productivity in MENA region: An empirical assessment
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sekkat,khaled
Territoriality and the technics of drylands science in Palestine and North America
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Public concerns about and perceptions of solid waste dump sites and selection of sanitary landfill sites in the West Bank, Palestinian territory
No full textEnvironmental Engineering
Abu Hammad,Ahmad:
Sharkas,Othman:
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Simulation of transboundary wastewater resource management scenarios in the Wadi Zomer watershed, using a WEAP model
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Al-Sa'Ed,Rashed:
Sorial,George:
Suidan,Makram:Water resource shortages are always a challenge for Middle Eastern countries in general and for the Palestinian
Authority in particular. For over 20 years in Palestine, political factors and a lack of control over water resources have
exacerbated the water problem there, seriously affecting water resources, in terms of quality and quantity. This research
presents one of the applications of the Water Assessment and Planning (WEAP) model in the Nablus and Tulkarm
watershed. The model is applied in evaluating and analyzing the existing balance and the role of treated wastewater and
anticipates future scenarios for the management of water resources, taking into account the policies and operating the
various factors that may affect the demand and the impact of treated wastewater on the water budget until 2035.
The results showed that the amount of treated wastewater in the study area will reach 16 MCM by 2035. The
agricultural sector needs 17 MCM and currently only 2.8 MCM are available from artesian wells. The results also
showed that one of the reasons for not using treated wastewater is a lack of experience in the planning and selection of
wastewater treatment plant sites and of the capacity to match these with agricultural land that could reuse the treated
wastewater. Demand management and improvements in living standards are the prerequisites necessary for the proper
management of available resources. The results confirmed that the WEAP program provides a solid foundation to assist
planners in developing recommendations for the management of water resources in the future, through the detection of
hot spots on which to wor
The legal fragmentation of Palestine-Israel and European Union policies promoting the rule of law
No full textThis chapter is a contribution to the existing literature criticizing the EU role in the Israeli Palestinian peace process. It observes the existing contradiction in EU foreign policy: on the one hand the EU continues to upgrade the EU-Israel ties to an unprecedented level, while on the other hand, the EU maintains a critical tone towards Israeli settlement project in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). It also notices the rather generous contribution of the EU to the Palestinians, while at the same playing a minimal political role in negotiations with Israel. In this chapter, the author argues that the EU contributes to the consolidation of Israeli occupation, and its policies of exclusion of Palestinians from the space of rule of law and democracy, exclusively reserved for its citizens proper, giving space to what some have called, authoritatively, an apartheid system in the OPT
