Watershed: The Role of Fresh Water in the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictIDRC, 2014 M05 14 - 310 pages Watershed describes the water crisis faced by Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories today; a crisis that will have much to do with the design and the success of the current peace proposals. The authors examine the geopolitics of water in the region, the economic importance, problems of water supply and water quality, and regional conflicts over water. |
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... Jordanian interests are also treated on occasion. It is easy to agree with the authors of this highly interesting book that the process provides a real opportunity for recognition of the water entitlements of the different countries ...
... Jordanian interests are also treated on occasion. It is easy to agree with the authors of this highly interesting book that the process provides a real opportunity for recognition of the water entitlements of the different countries ...
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... Jordanian and Syrian officials, presumably with some allowance for use on the West Bank, but implementation has always been blocked originally by a lack of agreement between Jordan and Syria and, more recently, by a lack of agreement ...
... Jordanian and Syrian officials, presumably with some allowance for use on the West Bank, but implementation has always been blocked originally by a lack of agreement between Jordan and Syria and, more recently, by a lack of agreement ...
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... Jordanian systems are capable of recharging as much as 400 Mm3 in a rainy year. Assaf (1994) suggests that similar systems have a high (and noncontroversial) potential in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. One system is already in ...
... Jordanian systems are capable of recharging as much as 400 Mm3 in a rainy year. Assaf (1994) suggests that similar systems have a high (and noncontroversial) potential in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. One system is already in ...
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... Jordanian border (in the case of Red Dead), the plans alleged that enough would remain to power a substantial agroindustrial complex and thus make the projects viable. Plans for the Med Dead Canal have now been reconceived so that all ...
... Jordanian border (in the case of Red Dead), the plans alleged that enough would remain to power a substantial agroindustrial complex and thus make the projects viable. Plans for the Med Dead Canal have now been reconceived so that all ...
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... Jordanians because the Jordan River and the Dead Sea are shared international waters. Jordan has clearly indicated its preference for the Red Dead option (Mideast Mirror, 31 March 1994, p. 12). Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres also ...
... Jordanians because the Jordan River and the Dead Sea are shared international waters. Jordan has clearly indicated its preference for the Red Dead option (Mideast Mirror, 31 March 1994, p. 12). Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres also ...
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