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Over the last month Friends of the Earth Middle East has expanded several important campaigns in response to critical environmental and political developments in the region. 

On March 27^th in reaction to the tragic loss of life in Gaza due to the bursting of the sewage dam walls and the resultant flooding of the adjacent villages, FoEME warned that there are hundreds of similar tragedies waiting to happen every day not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank.  Drinking water in Gaza is currently unfit for human consumption due to sewage and sea water infiltration and health epidemics are imminent.  In the West Bank there is an estimated 60 million cubic meters of untreated sewage flowing in open wadis, over agricultural lands and polluting ground water, in addition to the hundreds of illegal waste dumps similarly contaminating the ground water.  FoEME warned that other tragedies are impending if environment and waste management policies are not reversed and prioritized.

In response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report outlining the effects of global warming for the Middle East, Friends of the Earth Middle East launched a public awareness campaign focused on regional climate change and water security in cooperation with the US based National Environment Trust.  The IPCC asserted that climate change will make it increasingly difficult for countries in the Middle East to satisfy their water needs, due to decreased precipitation, rising temperatures, and increased agriculture water demand. Decreased precipitation is expected in Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, and even Lebanon, which was not hitherto considered a water poor country.   For the Israeli Ambassador to the UN's recent statement to the Security Council on the relationship between energy, security and climate please click  here.  For press coverage concerning climate change and its repercussions in the Middle East from the Jerusalem Post please click  here, from the Chicago Tribute click here and from the Los Angles Times click here.

FoEME's Good Water Neighbors (GWN) Project launched its Jordan River Youth Campaign this month with a joint Israeli/Palestinian/Jordanian canoe trip down a small strip of the Lower Jordan River which remains accessible to visitors.  The youth leaders from neighboring cross border communities aim to bring attention to the plight of the Jordan River and the need for a concerted cross border effort to rehabilitate the unique cultural and natural resource.  The GWN Project is jointly funded by the European Union Partnership for Peace Program, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, and the British Government's Global Opportunities Fund.  Recent press coverage concerning the state of the Jordan River can be found at: https://www.foeme.org/www/?module=projects&record_id=200.

FoEME will be releasing its independent economic and environmental assessment of the proposed Red Sea / Dead Sea canal project, funded by the MERC program of the U.S. Government, at a conference on May 10th at the YMCA, on King David St. in Jerusalem. The research project was undertaken in partnership with the Geological Survey of Israel, the Royal Scientific Society (Jordan) and the Water and Environment Development Organization (Palestinian NGO).  Over 200 international, Jordanian, Israeli and Palestinian participants are expected to attend the upcoming conference.  Media organizations are invited to attend both the conference and a pre-conference site tour on May 9^th.  For more information please contact FoEME's Tel Aviv office at  03 5605383 .  For recent press coverage concerning the Red Sea / Dead Sea canal project from Ma'ariv and Duetsche Welle please visit: https://www.foeme.org/www/?module=projects&record_id=106.

FoEME's Save the Dead Sea campaign was featured by Dropping Knowledge, a German NGO dedicated to the promotion of international understanding, art, and culture, click here to read the feature article.