Simply Put: No water, food or healthcare

Water has long been used as a tactical weapon in warfare

The pummelling of Gaza and the destruction of its water systems by Israel is only the latest instance of water being used as a weapon of war

2023 in a blink: What was the impact of Israel-Hamas war

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023  

As war looms over West Asia, many of its major water bodies are already on the brink

The Tigris-Euphrates and Jordan river basins, Dead Sea, Zayandeh Rud, Red Sea and Persian Gulf are symbols of the intertwined geopolitical & …

Time running out, healthcare in Gaza at breaking point: WHO

Calls for end to hostilities, defence of civilians and medical facilities against attacks

Terrorism, and an aquifer

Is it time to rethink the definition & concept of ‘genocide’?

Why are some conflicts termed as ‘genocide’ and some as ‘crimes against humanity’, ‘political violence’ or &…

Israel's fiscal standoff impacts environment, health of Palestinians: UNCTAD

People living in Gaza, the West Bank including East Jerusalem are facing major shortage of electricity, access to good quality water, destruction …

War’s toll on women: UN Women report sheds light on Gaza’s water, sanitation and hygiene crisis

Over a million women and girls lack basic necessities like safe drinking water, functioning toilets and sanitary pads

News Snippets

McFalafel off menu

Fast Food>> Mcdonald’s • Israel

Visionary robots

Robotics covers another milestone as Israeli scientists equip robots with 3-d vision for better perception of depth

What Israel-Hamas war means for India’s oil market

If the Gaza conflict drags on like the Russia-Ukraine war, India might need to generate import alternatives

Beautiful survivors

Beauty Pageant>> Holocaust • Israel

About turn

ISRAEL

Unusual bearing

Slippery solid

A new solid lubricant would work in diverse climatic conditions

Fresh hopes

Battery innovation

Iron batteries

Bed and breakfast available, only for a year

Researchers probing parasitism among birds say the hosts are cleverer than those living at their expense. The great reed warbler, for example, …

Curing impotency

Clean 'shocks'

Let peace flow like water..

WATERSHED: THE ROLE. OF FRESH WATER IN THE ISRAEU-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT Stephen C Lonergan and David B Brooks Published by: International …