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As the discussion in the previous chapters has indicated, water is indeed an inflammatory issue in the Israeli—Arab conflict. It is precisely for this reason that the cause of promoting Israeli—Arab peace (or at least, understanding), and non-belligerent stability, is poorly served by the dissemination of false or distorted accusations as to cruel deprivation which one party (usually the Arabs, and particularly the Palestinians) has suffered, or indeed is still suffering, at the hands of another party (usually the Israelis).
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T. Naff, ‘Testimony on the Jordan River before the Committee on Foreign Affairs’ US House of Representatives, Washington DC, 26 June 1990, p. 7.
A. Soffer, Rivers of Fire: The Conflict of Water in the Middle East (Tel Aviv, 1993), p. 202 (Hebrew).
A. Wolf, Hydropolitics Along the Jordan River: Scarce Water and its Impact on the Arab-Israeli Conflict (New York, 1995), p. 72.
See Z. Grinwald, Water in Israel 1962–1989 (Tel Aviv, 1989), p. 18 & 23 (Hebrew).
N. Kliot, Water Resources and Conflict in the Middle East (New York, 1994), p. 244; A. Soffer, p. 177.
Y. Schwartz and A. Zohar, Water in the Middle East: Solutions to Water Problems in the Context of Arrangements between Israel and the Arabs (Tel Aviv, 1991), p. 127 (Hebrew).
See A. Soffer, p. 177; N. Kliot, p. 244; D. Hillel, Rivers of Eden: The Struggle for Water and the Quest for Peace in the Middle East (New York, 1994), p. 203.
H. Shuval, ‘Towards Resolving Conflicts Over Water: The Case of the Mountain Aquifer’, IsraelAffairs, Vol. 2(1), 1995, p. 222.
See Z. Grinwald, Water in Israel 1962–1989 (Tel Aviv, 1989), p. 64 (Hebrew); and Israel State Comptroller, Report on the Management of the Water System (Jerusalem, 1990), p. 32 (Hebrew).
For example, see A. Wolf, p. 60; US News & World Report, 16 December 1991; J. Dillman, ‘Water Rights in the Occupied Territories’, Journal of Palestinian Studies, Vol. 19 (1), 1989, pp. 56–7.
F. Pearce, ‘Wells of Conflict on the West Bank’, New Scientist, 1 June 1991, p. 39.
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Sherman, M. (1999). Arab Recriminations: Separating Fact from Fabrication. In: The Politics of Water in the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333983706_8
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