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Solar is now significantly more economical than it once was and in the long term would be rather appropriate for these regions.

jinx! you owe me a glass of water.

Of the three plants mentioned in the article, it looks like at least the smallest (Ashkelon) is powered by natural gas.

http://www.delek-group.com/Holdings/EnergyInfrastructure/Del...

Oil, coal and natural gas.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Israel

Seems like solar power would be a perfect fit.

Sort of, and sort of not. A nice summary of different techniques from 2010 is here: http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/environment/eight-technologi...

Photovoltaics, in the long run.

This story is hopeful but also worrying... I am so glad I am not living in a region where my drinking water depends completely on non-renewables. I hope energy hogs like desalination can be used as a buffer to reduce storage needs... I.e. build over capacity and run them when energy is plentiful.