PURCHASE
book Series: 
IPS Papers
The Water Problem in Israel and Its Repercussions on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Author: 
Subhi Kahhaleh
Publisher: 
Institute for Palestine Studies
Publication Year: 
1981
Language: 
English
Number of Pages: 
51
Abstract

This study surveys the progressive stages of the water problem in Israel before and after the establishment of the state, the various measures adopted to deal with that problem and the results attained after thirty years of intensive search for solutions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Subhi Kahhaleh holds degrees in civil engineering from Robert College, Istanbul, and from the University of Illinois, and has been President of the Arab Union of Engineers. He has held high posts in Jordan (Minister of Communications), and in Syria, where he was Minister of Planning and Transport and Minister of the Euphrates Dam. He also served as the Arab League's Director General of the Authority to Exploit the Waters of the Jordan River and its Tributaries.