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To: RetiredNow who wrote (217862)	2/7/2005 12:03:42 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1576159

>One thing I don't agree with in your post is your interpretation about Britain's favoritism of the Israelis over the Arabs, which I believe is a little off. Britain favored the Arabs by a very large margin. When they finally shipped out of the Middle East, they handed the keys to all of their local armories and forts to the Arabs. I think you're talking about separate British administrations. From what I understand, the British pre-1920 were very pro-Jew in the Middle East, and then it flipped after that. -Z

To: RetiredNow who wrote (217862)	2/7/2005 3:37:55 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576159

One thing I don't agree with in your post is your interpretation about Britain's favoritism of the Israelis over the Arabs, which I believe is a little off. Britain favored the Arabs by a very large margin. When they finally shipped out of the Middle East, they handed the keys to all of their local armories and forts to the Arabs. That was at the last minute when the Brits. realized they made a mistake in favoring the Zionists. It was at that point they through their arms into the air and turned the problem over to the UN and the US. For the 3 prior decades, they had catered to Zionist expansion in the ME. Its all documented and can be found on line. There are secret agreements between the Brits and the French dividing up the ME. And there are documents between the Zionists and the Brits giving the Zionists increasing control of Palestine. Remember, the Arabs were poor, unsophisticated ranchers and farmers. There were very few laws in place protecting them because they had been occupied by one nation after another since the time of Jesus. They were some Arab business owners in the small cities and towns but they were small and uneducated. In the meantime, the Zionists were getting large sums of money from Europe..........many were educated and from large European cities. There was an inbalance. So tell me more about the water? I had read some references to water and water imports awhile back, but you said their's a water aquifer sitting in the West Bank somewhere? Because that would be pretty valuable. Almost like an oil deposit. "The system of aquifers under the West Bank comprises several rock formations from the Lower Cretaceous to the Recent age. The system is divided according to flow direction into the following three units: The Western Basin which is the largest and has a safe yield of 350 mcm per year; The Northeastern Basin which has an annual safe yield of 140 mcm; and The Eastern Basin whose safe yield is 125 mcm per year. The West Bank aquifers vary spatially in the quantities and quality of groundwater they yield. The hydro-geology determines the spatial distribution, quantity, quality and extraction cost of ground water. The Western and Northeastern basins contain two aquifers, while the Eastern basin contains six. In each case, aquifers differ in their depth from the ground surface and in the quantity and quality of water they contain. In these aquifers groundwater flow is dynamic, always moving down the anticline that constitutes the mountain range. Groundwater that is not extracted from an aquifer flows through that aquifer either leaving the system through springs or by entering an adjacent aquifer system." There also a smaller aquifer under Gaza as well. "Following the 1967 occupation, Israel applied stringent policies that prevented Palestinians from fully exploiting the West Bank's groundwater. These included the expropriation of wells belonging to absentee owners, denial of granting permissions for new wells, and imposing rigorous water quotas. Figure 3 shows the current extraction from the West Bank aquifers." <snip> "Israel is pumping water from the coastal aquifer north of Gaza causing a decline in the safe yield of the aquifer. Israel is diverting the Wadi Gaza waters which replenish the Gaza aquifer. The 3000 Jewish settlers in Gaza are utilizing more than 5 mcm annually while the close to million Palestinians are utilizing the rest. Settlements are located on top of the only fresh water sources in Gaza. The over-pumping in Gaza is mainly due to the population displacement caused by Israel's expulsion of Palestinians in 1948. Sea water intrusion is already occurring and tests are showing increased salinity levels to, in some cases, greater than 1,500 ppm of chloride making water unsuitable for drinking (Shawwa, 1993)." <snip> Palestinians define their water rights as follows: Natural rights of the Palestinian people in the Jordan basin as a main riparian. Although Palestinians are full riparians to the Jordan River, they have been denied rights to its water. Under the Johnston Plan, the proposed West Ghour Canal would have supplied 150 mcm from the River to the West Bank, but plans were never carried out. The legitimate rights of the Palestinian people for full compensation for all damages caused by the Israeli illegitimate practices of depleting Palestinian water resources and for the foregone income over the past 27 years. Storage and fishing rights in Lake Tiberias. Lake Tiberias is part of the Jordan River Basin. According to international law, Palestinians have storage and fishing rights because of their status as riparians to the Jordan River. Full sovereignty over all the Eastern Aquifer water resources, as this aquifer is entirely located beneath the West Bank and is not a shared water resource. Equitable water rights in the western and northeastern aquifers, as these aquifers are recharged almost entirely from the West Bank. The Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. Rights of access to the Mediterranean for fishing, port development, and shipping is essential for the development of the fishing industry and for international trade. The Dead Sea represents an important natural resource and tourism area for Palestinians as full riparians." <snip> "Israelis use around 483 MCM/year from the West Bank waters per year while Palestinians are using only 118 MCM/year of their own waters. Currently, around 25 % of the population in Palestine has yet to be connected to household water distribution systems. Israeli settlements receive continuous water supply, largely from wells in Palestine, and are provided service of greater quantity per capita than that received by Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. When the low monthly quota levels for Palestinian municipalities and towns are approached, the remaining supply is constricted, and communities are left without water for extended periods of time. Heavy fines are imposed by the Israeli Civil Administration for pumping beyond the low quota levels. The discrepancy is not only limited to water quantities, but is extended to water pricing." arij.org