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Warning of Israeli Design on Arab Water
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Joint Publications Research Service, September 18, 1991
Near East: Parliament Warns of Israeli Designs of Arab Water
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<p>[London, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat in Arabic, 22 Jul 91, p. 2]
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<p> The Arab Affairs Committee of the Egyptian Parliament has
warned of Israel's increasing ambitions for Arab water
resources in general, and the waters of the Nile in particular,
in light of Israel's increasing need for water due to the
population increase to 4.5 million. That is expected to reach
5.2 million, with increased immigration of Soviet Jews and the
Jews of East Europe and Ethiopia expected to number half a
million Jews over the next three years. Thus, Israel will have
to arrange for about 268 million additional cubic meters of
water by 1995.
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<p> In a report on water problems in the region, the committee
mentioned that Israel has joined the power struggle game in
Africa, especially in the region of the Nile basin states, and
it has extended its fingers into Ethiopia, where the main
sources of the Nile are. Israel has offered aid to the rulers in
Addis Ababa, and it is now implementing six dam projects on the
headwaters of the Nile.
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<p> The committee warned that this would have a direct affect on
Egypt's share of the water, and that Israel was trying to
penetrate Egypt's southern defense, and shut off the headwaters
of the Nile, Egypt's source of water.
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<p> The committee pointed to the problem confronting the Arab
states, namely that they are suffering from a 44-percent
shortfall in meeting their water needs. Eight non-Arab states
control 85 percent of the sources of the Arab nation's water
resources. They are Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Zaire, Turkey,
Senegal, and Guinea.
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<p> Committee chairman Sabri-al-Qadi said that hearings to be
attended by concerned ministers and specialists would be held to
study this matter and present the issue for discussion in
Parliament during its next session.
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