US Photo Exhibit Shows “Israel” Stealing Water from Syria
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"Israel" is stealing water from Syria and is blocking Palestinian access to water resources, according to a National Geographic photo exhibit in Los Angeles.
The caption under one of the photos reads, ""Israelis" relax by the Sea of Galilee, a lake near the Golan Heights that is fed by the Jordan River and that supplies a third of "Israel's" fresh water. Since 1967, "Israel" has blocked Syria's access to the shoreline."
The caption under another photo reads, "At a water park in Tiberias, "Israelis" bask in the resource's relative abundance. A 2009 World Bank report said "Israelis" use four times as much water per capita as Palestinians. "Israel" has disputed this, saying its citizens use only twice as much."
The exhibit also features a photo of a Palestinian woman drawing water from a well. The caption reads, "A source of conflict between "Israelis" and Palestinians, water is emblematic of their unequal relationship. During dry summers, West Bank Palestinians-restricted to shallow wells by "Israel's" occupation-have to buy groundwater tapped from beneath them."
"Israeli" Consul General in Los Angeles Jacob Dayan sent a complaint letter to the owners of the Annenberg Space for Photography, saying "the venue is being used as a political tool to spread lies about Israel's part in the global effort to provide clean and fresh drinking water."
The diplomat claimed that the exhibit falsely depicts "Israel" as a country that steals water while its neighbors suffer from a drought. The opposite is true, wrote the consul general.
"Israel" is stealing water from Syria and is blocking Palestinian access to water resources, according to a National Geographic photo exhibit in Los Angeles.
The caption under one of the photos reads, ""Israelis" relax by the Sea of Galilee, a lake near the Golan Heights that is fed by the Jordan River and that supplies a third of "Israel's" fresh water. Since 1967, "Israel" has blocked Syria's access to the shoreline."
The caption under another photo reads, "At a water park in Tiberias, "Israelis" bask in the resource's relative abundance. A 2009 World Bank report said "Israelis" use four times as much water per capita as Palestinians. "Israel" has disputed this, saying its citizens use only twice as much."
The exhibit also features a photo of a Palestinian woman drawing water from a well. The caption reads, "A source of conflict between "Israelis" and Palestinians, water is emblematic of their unequal relationship. During dry summers, West Bank Palestinians-restricted to shallow wells by "Israel's" occupation-have to buy groundwater tapped from beneath them."
"Israeli" Consul General in Los Angeles Jacob Dayan sent a complaint letter to the owners of the Annenberg Space for Photography, saying "the venue is being used as a political tool to spread lies about Israel's part in the global effort to provide clean and fresh drinking water."
The diplomat claimed that the exhibit falsely depicts "Israel" as a country that steals water while its neighbors suffer from a drought. The opposite is true, wrote the consul general.
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