Gisha Legal Center for Freedom of Movement.

  •  
  •  
  •  
  • About
    • About Gisha
    • Board
    • Gisha Staff
    • FAQs
    • Vacancies
    • Institutional Donors
  • Topics
    • Control over Gaza
    • Economy and Development
    • Access to Education
    • Family Unity
    • Residency Rights
    • Other
  • Legal Activity
    • Legal Advocacy
    • Procedures and Protocols
  • Media
    • Gisha in the media
    • News Releases
    • Media Inquiries
  • Reports & Data
    • Publications
    • Graphs
    • Gaza up close
  • Gallery
    • Image Gallery
    • Video Gallery
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Get information
    • UNDO the closure
    • Campaigns
  • Updates
    • Updates
    • Gisha in Action
  • Contact Us
Legal Activity » Legal Advocacy » In 2015, Israel supplied Gaza with 7.5 million cubic meters of water, according to information supplied to Gisha by Mekorot

In 2015, Israel supplied Gaza with 7.5 million cubic meters of water, according to information supplied to Gisha by Mekorot

February 2, 2016

The response provided by Israel’s national water company, Mekorot, several months ago to a Freedom of Information Application filed by Gisha regarding water supply to Gaza over the last seven years included detailed information about each year, with the exception of 2015, regarding which only partial information was supplied. Therefore, in a repeat Freedom of Information Application (Hebrew) sent by Gisha on January 11, 2016, we requested full information on the amount of water supplied to Gaza in 2015 through the two pipelines operated by Mekorot: the southern line and the northern line which only became operational in March 2015.

The response received from Mekorot on February 2, 2016 indicates that in 2015, Israel supplied the Gaza Strip with 7,585,876 cubic meters of water, the largest quantity supplied to Gaza in recent years. The southern line supplied 4,202,646 cubic meters of water and the new northern line supplied 3,383,230 cubic meters of water in the months it operated – March to December 2015.

Mekorot repeated its claim that it is able to supply the Gaza Strip with 5 million cubic meters of water per year through each of the two lines, that is 10 million cubic meters in total, depending on the reception capacity and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Contrary to reports made by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and other Israeli authorities, Israel currently does not supply 10 million cubic meters of water to Gaza per year.

On this issue, we note that following repeated communications from Gisha to COGAT (Hebrew) about the fact that COGAT’s Facebook posts regarding water supply to Gaza are incorrect and misleading, COGAT has been posting accurate figures on the amount of water supplied to Gaza each month since January 2016.

     

More in Legal Advocacy

  • Following petition, Israel allows a Palestinian woman to move back to the West Bank with her young children
  • Following petition, Israel allows a 75-year-old widow to return home to the West Bank from the Gaza Strip
  • Following petition, Israel allows a mother and her four children to return home to the West Bank from the Gaza Strip
  • Court ordered deletion of petition filed on behalf of a cancer patient wishing to return to her home in Gaza from Jordan, after her condition deteriorates
  • Israel denies two sisters’ participation in mourning rituals for their father in the West Bank

Gisha's Blog

Recent posts:
Naming the reality‬
12.01.2021
Same storm, different boats‬
23.12.2020
“Holidays are sad days”‬
16.12.2020
Donate
Get information
1.4 Million Did you know that seventy percent of the population in Gaza, 1.4 million people, are under 30 years old?
Watch the video
Gallery
Distant | Relatives
facebook icon   Gisha on Facebook
twitter icon   Gisha on Twitter
  • Homepage
  • About
  • About Gisha
  • Board
  • Gisha Staff
  • FAQs
  • Terms of Use
  • Vacancies
  • Legal Activity
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Procedures and Protocols
  • Media
  • Gisha in the media
  • News Releases
  • Reports & Data
  • Publications
  • Graphs
  • Gaza Up Close
  • Gallery
  • Image Gallery
  • Video Gallery
  • Updates
  • Updates
  • Gisha in Action
  • Get Involved
  • Donate
  • Get information
  • Contact Us
 TechnoCraft |  בניית אתרים | סטודיו ג2 | Copyright © 2021 Gisha.org