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> Israel controls the water supply in Gaza. 1. That is a completely different subject - Beirut is in Lebanon, not Gaza. 2. Israel _supplies_ Gaza with water.

> Israel controls the water supply in Gaza. 1. That is a completely different subject - Beirut is in Lebanon, not Gaza. 2. Israel _supplies_ Gaza with water. So Israel controls the water supply in Gaza just like your own water company supplies you with water. And if you were to walk into the offices of the water company and burn the workers' children to death and murder them and kidnap them, well, don't be surprised if they turn off your water supply.

DoreenMichele 2y ago
Israel "supplies" Gaza with water because the source of Wadi Gaza (the Gaza River) happens to be on Israeli land. That's like saying "The US supplies Mexico with water" because the Colorado River originates in the US and the mouth of it is on Mexican soil. Reality: America does all in its power to give as little water as possible to Mexico and the water that reaches the Gulf is a mere trickle, having been largely syphoned off by multiple US states before that point. What I've read indicates Israel controls the water supply to Gaza and uses and abuses that fact in a hostile fashion.
- oomphoo 2y ago
  I think what the author of the parent post meant was that Israel supplies Gaza with water via water pipes. The river that you're talking about is too small to be a significant source of water. The Palestinians (like Jordan, who also enjoys benefits coming from the peace accords it signed) buy water from Israel. Water is a scarce resource in that area, so it's no surprise that it has political significance. I don't intend to single you out, and this goes for everyone posting about some far away region that's a bit more complex than what this or that source claims. I guess it's a matter of personality, but I don't feel comfortable talking about politics of far away regions, or even of my own region in some areas. I would rather talk about the simple easy stuff that I feel confident about, like this weird paragraph in the latest C++ standard. Then I wouldn't make embarrassing claims that are basically pre-chewed propaganda for the usefully ignorant foreigners. Except the Rust people. They are the devil!
  - DoreenMichele 2y ago
    Potable water is a scarce resource on planet Earth. Most water is salt water. And that's not even talking about all the water we've horrifically polluted.
invalidname 2y ago
No. Israel supplies water via pipes. There is not enough water in the region and Israel has turned water purification/desalination into a large scale operation, yet it provides it to Gaza despite being under attack from Hamas for decades (rockets, suicide bombers etc., 7/10 etc.). Some stupid Israeli politicians tried to stop that water supply claiming that it's insane to provide your enemy with resources during war (Israel also supplies electricity and fuel to Gaza, both are used in the Hamas tunnels to pump in air). Unfortunately, this stupidity by the current government became the basis of the stuff you're repeating.
- Gibbon1 2y ago
  Israel supplies Gaza with electric power as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_crisis_in_the_Gaza_Strip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_crisis_in_the_Gaza...

DoreenMichele 2y ago

Israel "supplies" Gaza with water because the source of Wadi Gaza (the Gaza River) happens to be on Israeli land. That's like saying "The US supplies Mexico with water" because the Colorado River originates in the US and the mouth of it is on Mexican soil. Reality: America does all in its power to give as little water as possible to Mexico and the water that reaches the Gulf is a mere trickle, having been largely syphoned off by multiple US states before that point. What I've read indicates Israel controls the water supply to Gaza and uses and abuses that fact in a hostile fashion.

oomphoo 2y ago
I think what the author of the parent post meant was that Israel supplies Gaza with water via water pipes. The river that you're talking about is too small to be a significant source of water. The Palestinians (like Jordan, who also enjoys benefits coming from the peace accords it signed) buy water from Israel. Water is a scarce resource in that area, so it's no surprise that it has political significance. I don't intend to single you out, and this goes for everyone posting about some far away region that's a bit more complex than what this or that source claims. I guess it's a matter of personality, but I don't feel comfortable talking about politics of far away regions, or even of my own region in some areas. I would rather talk about the simple easy stuff that I feel confident about, like this weird paragraph in the latest C++ standard. Then I wouldn't make embarrassing claims that are basically pre-chewed propaganda for the usefully ignorant foreigners. Except the Rust people. They are the devil!
- DoreenMichele 2y ago
  Potable water is a scarce resource on planet Earth. Most water is salt water. And that's not even talking about all the water we've horrifically polluted.

invalidname 2y ago

No. Israel supplies water via pipes. There is not enough water in the region and Israel has turned water purification/desalination into a large scale operation, yet it provides it to Gaza despite being under attack from Hamas for decades (rockets, suicide bombers etc., 7/10 etc.). Some stupid Israeli politicians tried to stop that water supply claiming that it's insane to provide your enemy with resources during war (Israel also supplies electricity and fuel to Gaza, both are used in the Hamas tunnels to pump in air). Unfortunately, this stupidity by the current government became the basis of the stuff you're repeating.

Gibbon1 2y ago
Israel supplies Gaza with electric power as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_crisis_in_the_Gaza_Strip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_crisis_in_the_Gaza...