Tag: Israel
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Rivers of Dust: The Future of Water and the Middle East
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Palestinian water tanks vandalized by Israeli settlers in Hebron. (Photo: ISM Palestine / Flickr) It is written that “Enannatum, ruler of Lagash,” slew “60 soldiers” from Umma. The battle between the two ancient city states took place 4,500 years ago near where the great Tigris and Euphrates rivers come together in what is today…
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In age of forest fires, Israel’s law against Palestinian goats proves self-inflicted wound for Zionism
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A ban by Israel on herding black goats – on the pretext they cause environmental damage – is to be repealed after nearly seven decades of enforcement that has decimated the pastoral traditions of Palestinian communities. The Israeli government appears to have finally conceded that, in an age of climate change, the threat of forest…
