Natasha Westheimer

Natasha Westheimer is a water and climate governance specialist and an anti-occupation activist based in Israel-Palestine.

Recent Articles
Israeli settlers seen invading the Bedouin Palestinian community of Ein al-Rashash with their herd and harassing its residents, West Bank, August 22, 2023. (Omri Eran Vardi/Activestills)
Settler violence is fueling the effects of climate breakdown on Palestinians
Desertification and water scarcity have become immediate dangers to villages like Khirbet ar-Ratheem — and Israeli settlers are the primary culprit.
By Natasha Westheimer October 5, 2023
A week after torrential rain caused severe flooding, Palestinians use fishing boats to assist residents in retrieving belongings from their homes in the Al-Nafaq section of Gaza City, December 18, 2013. (Ryan Roderick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Gaza’s race against climate breakdown
Amid a deepening climate crisis, Palestinians in Gaza are fighting to salvage their land and livelihoods. But repeated bombardments and an unrelenting blockade are devastating efforts to build climate resilience.
By Khalil Abu Yahia, Natasha Westheimer and Mor Gilboa January 13, 2022
A goat grazing on the hills outside the village of Tuba in the West Bank, while Israeli soldiers demand a Palestinian shepherd and his herd return home, Jan. 30, 2021. (Natasha Westheimer)
Climate breakdown and occupation are dismantling the lives of Palestinian shepherds
A settlement in the South Hebron Hills illustrates how the Israeli occupation and the climate crisis are destroying Palestinian land and livelihoods.
By Natasha Westheimer April 21, 2021
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  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. Netanyahu isn't the only one interested in prolonging the war
  3. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  4. ‘The colors and joy have disappeared’: Gazans return to decimated Khan Younis
  5. Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  3. The spiraling absurdity of Germany's pro-Israel fanaticism
  4. Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
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