Posts Tagged ‘Water’

Water is not a basic right; latest neocon OUTRAGE!!

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Well, knowing what I know, seeing what I see.. I was not in the least surprised to see this item today. This was the WORST day I have [...]

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BBC (only) “Gaza issues toxic water warning” Israel has blocked chlorine delivery

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But the death or illness of Palestinians doesn’t interest the media much… Israel is the victim; how could the victim do anything wrong? It’s a dilemma, so it just ignores it. When Israel attacks Gaza today or so, there will be no media there… they will be sipping martinis in the Colony hotel or the [...]

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Updated: Did you know?

This item was filled under [ Did you know?, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes ]

Image by: Carlos Latuff

… that non-Jewish Israelis can’t buy or lease land in Israel.
… that Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to distinguish Jews from non-Jews.
… that Jerusalem, both East and West, is considered by the entire world community, including the United States, to be occupied territory and NOT part of Israel.
… that [...]

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Podcast: Till the Last Drop

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Between June 12th and 19th 2007, in West Jerusalem, Clemens Messerschmid, presented his a two-part lecture series sponsored by the Alternative Information Center, titled “Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict.” Mr. Messerschmid is a German hydrogeologist who has worked for many years [...]

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Shut off the water

This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Terrorism, War Crimes, Zionism ]

No water for Palestinian childrenLet Palestinians die of thirst. This is what Mr. Netanyahu learned from the Holocaust: “evacuate whomever necessary, enact a closure on the Gaza Strip, stop providing services like electricity and water…

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Israeli Kids Dying of Hunger and Thirst!?

This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge, Failures, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, War ]

Ok, give me your attention for a moment please.
Imagine, just imagine that the Israeli kids in Israel Hospitals are lacking food, water and medical supplies (God forbid), what would happen?
The answer is simple, USA and the rest of the world will start an aid-bridge to rescue them with all what they need, and this is [...]

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Raining Red Aliens in India

This item was filled under [ Say That Again, Science and Technology, Space ]

As bizarre as it may seem, the sample jars brimming with cloudy, reddish rainwater in Godfrey Louis�s laboratory in southern India may hold, well, aliens. In April, Louis, a solid-state physicist at Mahatma Gandhi University, published a paper in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Astrophysics and Space Science in which he hypothesizes that the samples�water [...]

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We need 5.3 planets!

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CAUTION: THIS QUIZ MAY SURPRISE YOU, SHOCK YOU, OR MAKE YOU THINK. PLEASE REMAIN CALM…BUT NOT TOO CALM!!
This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 questions, here is my result:

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Water revives Iraq’s ‘Garden of Eden’

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Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes are making a comeback after being ravaged during Saddam Hussein’s reign.

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Climate change in Egypt ‘to force millions to migrate’

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Millions of Egyptians could be forced to migrate as climate change makes their livelihoods untenable, warns a report published last month by Egypt’s environment ministry. Egypt’s coastal zone, home to more than 40 per cent of the population, will be hit hardest, says the report. As the sea-level rises, flooding and salt-water intrusion are expected [...]

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Jordan River Pollution

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The Jordan River, where Jesus was reportedly baptized, is now just an extra-large toilet.
Jordan River threatened by dams and sewage
By Ibon Villelabeitia, Fri Jun 24, 9:08 AM ET
Reuters
The Jordan River, where Christians believe Jesus was baptized, is heavily polluted with sewage and is in danger of drying up after decades of conflict and intense agricultural [...]

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The Dead Sea - A Sea that is Sadly “Living” up to its Name

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A couple of weeks ago, the news headlines mentioned lightly the new “Israel, Arabs agreement to save Dead Sea:“
Jordan , Israel and the Palestinian Authority said they had agreed terms for a feasibility study on transferring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, to save the world’s lowest sea from vanishing.
The two-year study, [...]

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Kalashnikovs Or Wearers Of Suits?

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While Abu Mazen believes that the main Palestinian effort must be directed towards the United States and the Israeli public and that the intifada must be stopped, Barghouti believe that the US will remain wedded to Israel and that the Israelis understand only the language of force. But both sides agree on the ultimate aim: [...]

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