Water security in the Nile River Basin is a threat to security in the Middle East

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the division of water in the Nile River basin. Like the Middle East, the separation of water took place in the context of the greater political dissatisfaction inherited from the colonial era. In all cases, water scarcity has been the driving force. Security activists have always been decision-makers; in the case of the Tigris-Euphrates basin, NGOs and human rights activists have also emerged as security activists. The target audience in all cases included national and international public opinion, as well as decision-makers in donor countries, especially in the case of the Tigris-Euphrates and the Nile basins. Several security mechanisms have been used simultaneously in all cases. In the case of the West Bank, for example, the recruitment of resources (structural cuts) by joint water management committees (institutional cuts) went hand in hand. In all cases, language plays a vital role in the separation of water resources, especially in the case of Egypt and Israel, where the symbolic value of water and land is closely linked to the religious traditions inherited from ancient times.