In Search of the River Jordan
In Search of the River Jordan A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River--exploring the long conflict over water supplyAccess to water has played a pivotal role in the…
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In Search of the River Jordan
A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River--exploring the long conflict over water supplyAccess to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. But this has been at the expense of the region's cohabitants. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes and canals to build a successful modern state.
Along the way, he meets farmers, officials, soldiers, refugees, settlers, rioting youth, religious zealots, water Gaza is now so water-stressed that the United Nations has warned it could soon become uninhabitable; its traditional water source has been ruined by years of over-extraction and mismanagement, the effects exacerbated by years of crippling blockade.Award-winning author and journalist James Fergusson travels to every corner of Israel and Palestine telling the story of the River Jordan and the fierce competition for water.
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