: 6/30/00 ARABS & ISRAEL 5233: Barak, the Arabs' Man : WATER : This summer, Israel's water levels are expected to drop : below the previous critical level. The mountain aquifer : could become brackish. Water officials have not installed : measuring devices there. Further drought next year (which : is forecast), would create a shortage in drinking water even : if no potable water were allocated to farmers. : It is too late to reduce farmers' allocation this year (in : an orderly way), because the crops have been planted. : Therefore, Israel will have to reduce watering of gardens, : parks, cars, and more. However, no plans have been issued : for rationing. A plan was approved for building a : desalination plant but that is too little and would come too : late. The shortfall would require several plants and these : plants take time to establish. : The media pay little attention to the problem. PM Barak : focuses almost exclusively on keeping enough of a coalition : to cede territory (and the aquifers beneath). He has not : filled vacancies for Water Commissioner and for director of : the water company. Neither has he enforced agricultural : quotas. : Israel still is negotiating with Turkey for some of the : latter's surplus water. To utilize that water, a : distribution infrastructure would have to be set up. That : would take about a year - too late for this year and perhaps : next. Nor would the purchased water necessarily reverse : salination of aquifers whose fresh water is too depleted to : resist brackish seepage (IMRA from Haaretz, 6/14 & Arutz-7, : 6/19). : Israel's recurrent crises stem from its structure of : government - lack of legislative and judicial accountability : and one-man rule - and an inability to plan. : BARAK COURTS ISRAELI ARAB PARTIES : Since Jewish parties are dropping out of his coalition : government, PM Barak is negotiating to bring the Arab : parties in. He has offered them land for a new town, larger : municipal budgets, more government jobs, and the freeing of : Israeli Arab security prisoners (Arutz-7, 6/18). : The capture of those prisoners enhanced Israeli's security. : Their release would jeopardize it. How could a Prime : Minister thus risk the lives of his people, just in order to : retain a governing coalition? Wouldn't a patriot call for : new elections, instead? Can anyone deny he betrays his : people? : Richard H. Shulman (unaffiliated with any group. Junk mail deleted unread. : Constructive criticism welcome.) <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
