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Luckily .. the biggest minority has realized that either they give up settlement or the israeli democracy is at stake...
The people in th emiddle have stillnot realized about how dangerous they are... at the moment the majority just does not care... thye do not see t as dangerous.... they see Hamas as dangerous.
A pleasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
Is the territory allocated to the Palestinians enough for a viable country?
The land is semi-aired. Water has always been a high priority item. Would a Palestinian state actually have enough? It is possible, for example, that a first world country would have enough while a third world country would not.
I suspect that part of what has driven Israel to expand its borders at every available opportunity is that what was allocated to Israel in 1948 was not really a viable country. Even Palestine in its entirety has viability problems - especially around water. Expansion into Lebanon to gain control of water resources would definitely make things easier.
aspiring to genteel poverty
Yes, one of consistent tactics of the settlement expansions has been to capture groundwater - although whether that's done on purpose or simply as a side-effect of grabbing the richest land first I don't know.
No, there is not enough water for everyone as it is. The water level in the Dead Sea is dropping fast.
No, there is not going to be more water in the future - if anything, the region is going to become more arid.
Yes, water consumption is greater in industrialised states due to mechanised agricultural irrigation.
Yes, the region is screwed. Badly.
- Jake Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.
Yup.
Probably solar would work out ok in the region as well.
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