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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (5247)	9/11/2002 2:26:36 PM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

Sep. 10, 2002 Report: Sharon hints military action possible to prevent Lebanon diversion of Hatzbani River By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hinted today he would weigh military action to prevent Lebanon from diverting a southern river which flows into Israel's main reservoir, Lake Kinneret, Army Radio reports. Sharon told the cabinet that Lebanon's plan to divert the waters of the Hatzbani River are a "casus belli" for Israel, the report says. Transportation Minister Ephraim Sneh said Sharon discussed the matter with top officers, adding, "this is a most serious thing and we have to find a good and enlightened way to put an end to it." Lebanon has been under international pressure to drop the project as a threat to Israel's water supply, according to foreign reports. After several years of drought, Israel and other nations in the region are facing a severe water shortage. Water is scarce in much of the desert-dominated Mideast in the best of circumstances. Nabih Berri, Lebanon's parliament speaker, told a rally in August that Israel had warned Lebanon to stop pumping water from the river. He said his government rejected this appeal. Yaakov Perry, a retired army general who headed Israel's northern command during its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon, said he believed Israel would use force to prevent Lebanon from using the water if other measures failed. The Hasbani, along with the Wazzani River, converge in a gorge on the Lebanese side of the border, but their waters flow into northern Israel and the Sea of Galilee, Israel's main water reserve. Previous article Next article jpost.com