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To: TimF who wrote (196148)8/8/2006 4:36:04 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 281500
 
<<Yes none of the water was in Israel before the Syrians took it, but Syria's actions where having a clear and definite effect on Israel, >>

In the US it's called riparian rights. Whomever was using the water the earliest gets the water. Ie. The Rio Grande flows through Taos, New Mexico but they can't take a drop as that water belongs to Texas. Lawyers make entire careers out of one of these cases.