[ Control of water resources will arguably become more important than control of oil, perhaps even in the coming century. Israel is positioning itself accordingly … Palestinian water negotiators are deeply uneasy about the plans being drawn up on their behalf, especially if they involve abandoning claims to the water beneath their feet… Palestinians badly need more water. Under the Oslo agreement they have access to 57 cubic metres of water per person per year from all sources. Israel gets 246 cubic metres per head per year. And in the nearly 40 years that Israel has controlled the West Bank, […]
Daily Archives: May 28, 2004
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[ Here’s more evidence for what we already knew: the U.S. helped foment a coup against the democratically elected, socialist Allende on 9/11 (1973) and install a dictator who killed thousands. –BL ] May 26, 2004 | Reuters by Pablo Bachelet WASHINGTON – Henry Kissinger told President Richard Nixon days after the 1973 coup in Chile the United States helped create the conditions for the ouster of socialist President Salvador Allende, newly declassified transcripts showed on Wednesday.