WaterIsrael and Palestine
Water is the critical resource so whoever controls the water controls ... everything? What is the underground story?
Friday, August 29, 2003
Israeli retaliation targets olive harvest and waterholes
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Israeli retaliation targets olive harvest and waterholes -- Chris McGreal in Jerusalem -- Wednesday October 23, 2002 -- The Guardian
Israel signalled yesterday that in deference to Washington's campaign against Iraq it will hold back from its usual tough response following Monday's suicide bombing which killed 14 bus passengers.
But it swiftly made life harder for many Palestinians with a ban on drilling for water because it said the Palestinian Authority leader is conducting a 'water intifada'. It also barred olive picking at the height of the harvest.
The ban on bore holes is particularly tough as it means many Palestinians are unable to irrigate crops. Some villages will be deprived of drinking water. "
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Israeli retaliation targets olive harvest and waterholes -- Chris McGreal in Jerusalem -- Wednesday October 23, 2002 -- The Guardian
Israel signalled yesterday that in deference to Washington's campaign against Iraq it will hold back from its usual tough response following Monday's suicide bombing which killed 14 bus passengers.
But it swiftly made life harder for many Palestinians with a ban on drilling for water because it said the Palestinian Authority leader is conducting a 'water intifada'. It also barred olive picking at the height of the harvest.
The ban on bore holes is particularly tough as it means many Palestinians are unable to irrigate crops. Some villages will be deprived of drinking water. "
Ha'aretz - Article: "Last Update: 12/09/2002 08:23
Analysis / The dangers of diverting the Wazzani
By Uri Ash, Ha'aretz Correspondent
The current move by Lebanon to pump water from the Wazzani River - a tributary of the Hatzbani River which flows into Israel - is the most serious attempt by Lebanon to divert a major water source of Israel, according to a senior official at the Israeli Water Commission. "
Thursday, August 28, 2003
Telegraph | News | Model community split by a fence: "'When I come to the fence, the guards say, 'This is the land of Israel. Go away',' said Rashid Abu Daher, a farmer with 27 acres and a well beyond the fence.
The well and its pump have been destroyed by fire since the Israeli construction crews arrived, a sure way to dry out the land."
Telegraph | News | Model community split by a fence: "More than 2,200 acres of land belonging to Jayous are now on the wrong side of the fence, including six wells. Villagers once blessed with gushing supplies now have a couple of hours' water every three days in their taps."
