Abstract
Environmental concerns figured prominently in the Oslo Accords of 12 September 1993 (Massalha 1994; Jones 1999; Smith 2001). In the years following their signing significant efforts were made by the Palestinian Authority (supported by the international community) to improve the environment of the areas under its control. The Israeli Ministry of Environment and the environmental community in Israel was in sympathy with these efforts and significant cooperation took place between both sides. Since September 2000 the violence in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza has had a negative effect on the environment. Considerations related to security and short-term political considerations have dictated the course of events, and questions relating to the environment in general, and environmental cooperation between the two sides in particular, have been thrust to one side.
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