Word: wazzani
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...supporters in the Khan Younis refugee camp that killed at least 13 Palestinians. That left Hamas threatening new suicide attacks, Israel threatening further incursions and the U.S. urging restraint. And new conflict threatens on a second front, as Lebanon prepares to start pumping drinking water on Wednesday from the Wazzani river, which flows into the Sea of Galilee, Israel's primary freshwater source. Israel is fiercely opposed to the Lebanese plan, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has threatened to bomb the pumping station, while the Lebanese Hezbollah organization has vowed to retaliate...
...countries face the severest problems in feeding their people, says the FAO. ? Disputes over water - including threats of "water wars" - bubble in areas where rainfall is sparse. Ignoring Israeli opposition, Lebanon began pumping water in late March from the Hasbani River, which flows into the Jordan. The village of Wazzani, which had been without water during two decades of Israeli occupation, views access to the river as a matter of simple rights as well as a symbol of sovereignty. Other current disputes involve Turkey, Syria and Iraq (the Euphrates); Israel and Syria (the Sea of Galilee); Israel, Jordan...
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