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January 13, 2004
does it come down to water?
the guardian posted this story about how water is an increasingly touchy issue for israel. they postulate that part of the reason that israel clings to the golan heights and the west back is because underground aquifers are tapped from there, and since israel consumes easily the most water of any nation in that reason, they are in a bind if their sources run out or end up in different territories or countries. the guardian is even saying that the 6 day war really began two and a half years before 1967, when syria began using bulldozers to divert the jordan river so that less of it was accessable to israel.
apparently the level if inequality between what israel uses and what palestine is left with is enormous. yet another reason for suicide bombers, if your family doesn't even have clean water to drink, what can you do?
anyways, very interesting.
Posted by bendan at January 13, 2004 08:53 AM
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