Arabs cut off Jerusalem water
Arab forces cut of West Jerusalem’s water supply in first Arab-Israeli war.
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Water and food supplies cut off during Arab siege of Jerusalem
Water and food supplies are cut off during Arab siege of Jerusalem from December 1, 1947 to July 10, 1948. Arab forces block the road to Jerusalem, in an attempt to defeat Jewish Jerusalem. Shortages cause Israelis to begin rationing water on May 12, limiting each person to 2 gallons per day (8 L), of which 4 pints (2 L) are for drinking.
Israel destroys Jordan canals
Israel, suspicious that Jordan is over-diverting the Yarmouk, leads two raids to destroy the newly-built East Ghor Canal, Secret negotiations, mediated by the US, lead to an agreement in 1970.
Palestinian group attempts to pollute Israeli water with attack on an oil pipeline
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) places an explosive device on the Trans-Arabian Pipeline in Jordan in an attempt to pollute water that provides drinking water and water for fisheries to Israel in the Hutch Valley. While the explosive device did cause significant damage to the pipeline, reports do not indicate that water supplies were affected.
Israel attacks Jordan water works
Israel destroys the Arab diversion works on the Jordan River headwaters. During Arab-Israeli War Israel occupies Golan Heights, with Banias tributary to the Jordan; Israel occupies West Bank.
Palestinians attack Israeli water pumps
First attack ever by the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Al-Fatah is on the diversion pumps for the Israeli National Water Carrier. Attack fails.
Israel attacks over Arab water plan
Fire is exchanged over “all-Arab” plan to divert the Jordan River headwaters (Hasbani and Banias) and presumably preempt Israeli National Water Carrier; Syria halts construction of its diversion in July 1966.
Israel drops bombs over Dan River
Headwaters of the Dan River on the Jordan River are bombed at Tell El-Qadi in a dispute about sovereignty over the source of the Dan.
Israel destroys irrigation ditches in demilitarized zone on Syrian border
Israel destroys irrigation ditches in the lower Tarfiq in the demilitarized zone. Syria complains.
Iraq, Syria mobilize troops over drought tensions
As upstream dams are filled during a low-flow year on the Euphrates, Iraqis claim that flow reaching its territory is “intolerable” and asks the Arab League to intervene. Syrians claim they are receiving less than half the river’s normal flow and pull out of an Arab League technical committee formed to mediate the conflict. In May Syria closes its airspace to Iraqi flights and both Syrian and Iraq reportedly transfer troops to their mutual border. Saudi Arabia successfully mediates the…