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	National Water Carrier -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Completed in 1964, the National Water Carrier connects the (additional info and facts about Sea of Galilee) Sea of Galilee with (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine) Israel's water system.
		The original goal of building the carrier was to provide irrigation water to the (A desert in southern Israel) Negev region.
		Today 80% of the water drawn from the lake is utilized for Israel's domestic consumption.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/na/national_water_carrier.htm (83 words)

	Essays Now
		Most successful was Fatah, headed by Yasser Arafat (discussed below) which began military operations against Israel on Jan. 1, 1965, with an attack on the Israeli national water carrier project to transfer water from the Jordan River to the south of Israel.
		The June 1967 war, in which several Arab nations were soundly defeated by Israel, was nonetheless a watershed that led to the rebirth of a Palestinian national movement with a strong separate identity.
		Arafat's greatest efforts, however, were seen in the diplomatic arena, where he doggedly pursued the goal of international recognition of the rights of Palestinians to self- determination and of the PLO as their legitimate political representative.
	www.essays-now.com /sample.php (1946 words)

	Galilee, Sea of on Encyclopedia.com
		Israel's National Water Carrier Project uses the Sea of Galilee as a reservoir for water pumped south, via the National Water Conduit, to the Negev desert for irrigation and to the coastal plain to recharge the overdrawn watertable.
		was restricted by a drop in the water level due to seasonal drought and increasing demand.
		However, despite the project, Israel's water supply in the late 20th cent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/GalileeS1.asp (704 words)

	AllRefer.com - Jordan, river, Asia, Middle East (Middle Eastern Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The cultivation of fruits and vegetables has been made possible by Israel's National Water Carrier Project, which uses the Sea of Galilee as a reservoir, and Jordan's East Ghor project, which diverts water from the Yarmuk River.
		Although the river is not navigable, its waters are valuable for irrigation.
		It flows through the northern section of the Jordan trough, a part of the Great Rift Valley; between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, the Jordan valley is called the Ghor.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JordanR.html (336 words)

	Levi Eshkol
		In civilian times, Eshkol is best known for implementing the National Water Carrier system.
		He played a premier role in the Six Day War of June 1967; during the crisis, Eskol established a Government of National Unity, with the Defense portfolio placed into Moshe Dayan's hands.
		As prime minister, Eshkol worked to improve foreign relations, establishing diplomatic contact with West Germany in 1965, and also established cultural ties with the Soviet Union which allowed some Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/le/levi_eshkol.html (233 words)

	The National Water Carrier (Ha'Movil Ha'Artsi"
		Water enters the National Water Carrier through a pipeline, several hundred meters in length, submerged in the northern part of Lake Kinneret.
		The fourth unit is not intended to increase the water flow in the National Water Carrier, but rather to augment the reliability of the water supply, due to the "aging" of the three veteran pumping units, after nearly 30 years of continuous operation.
		The completion of the largest water project in Israel, the National Water Carrier, was the culmination of a continuous process of developing the Israeli water resources guided by Levi Eshkol.
	research.haifa.ac.il /~eshkol/kantorb.html (233 words)

	Sea of Galilee
		Israel's National Water Carrier, built in 1964, transports water from the lake to the population centers of Israel, and is the source of most of the country's drinking water.
		Israel also supplies water from the lake to the West Bank and to Jordan (under the terms of the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace).
		Increasing water demand and some dry winters have resulted in stress on the lake and a decreasing water line, at times to dangerously low levels.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/se/sea_of_galilee.html (233 words)

	The prevention of freshwater conflicts: the case of the Jordan River
		The nationalization by Israel of all West Bank water resources in 1967 added to the otherwise tense political relations between Palestinians and Israelis.
		Israel is likely to want to keep control over water resources of the West Bank area even in the event of Palestinian autonomy (Wolf and Ross 1992).
		Israel and Jordan, both suffering from extreme water scarcity, have not so far fully agreed on the sharing of the waters of the Jordan and Yarmuk Rivers, although major cooperation efforts took place recently.
	www.gci.ch /GreenCrossPrograms/waterres/gcwater/jordan.html (233 words)

	Water diplomacy in the Middle East
		Israel�s water policy has passed through four stages.
		Israel�s planners have admitted that present supplies can scarcely meet the country�s current needs - let alone meet the expected level of consumption beyond the year 2000 - unless the country concentrates on expensive desalination plants or finds ways to increase substantially the recycling of waste water.
		Water in the Arab farmers� wells in the West Bank became a key element.
	www.netcomuk.co.uk /~jpap/dolat.htm (233 words)

	Israel's Chronic Water Problem
		Mekorot Water Company Ltd. is a Government-owned company and, as Israel's national water company, is responsible for managing the country's water resources, developing new sources and ensuring regular delivery of water to all localities for all purposes.
		Water quality is an issue of equal importance to water scarcity, and water quality degradation is a considerable issue in water management.
		Water conservation is the most reliable and least expensive way to stretch the country's water resources, and the challenge is being met in all sectors.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/scarcity.html (233 words)

	Israel at 50
		The United Nations exerted a great deal of pressure, which left Israel with no choice but to build the National Water Carrier from the northwest section of the Sea of Galilee.
		Israel had previously requested that King Hussein stay out of the war, since they had no intention of attacking Jordan.
		Israel retaliated by severely crippling the Syrian Air Force and when Iraqi planes joined the fighting, the long arm of the Israel Air Force reached as far as Iraq.
	www.jajz-ed.org.il /50/time/63.html (233 words)

	Development of Limited Water Resources: Historical and Technological Aspects
		The National Water Carrier functions not only as the main supplier of water, but also as an outlet for surplus water from the north in winter and early spring, as well as a source of recharge to the underground aquifers in the coastal region.
		Water and fertilizers are delivered directly to the root system rather than to the total area of the field, thereby economizing on both water and fertilizers.
		Water use efficiency (WUE) is defined as the ratio between the amount of water taken up by the plant and the total amount of water applied.
	www.us-israel.org /jsource/Environment/water.html (233 words)

	The 1967 Six-Day War
		All the groups adhered to a set of principles laid out in the Palestine National Charter, which called for Israel's destruction.
		In November 1967, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 242, which established a formula for Arab-Israeli peace whereby Israel would withdraw from territories occupied in the war in exchange for peace with its neighbors.
		Israel repeatedly protested the Syrian bombardments to the UN Mixed Armistice Commission, which was charged with policing the cease-fire, but the UN did nothing to stop Syria’s aggression — even a mild Security Council resolution expressing “regret” for such incidents was vetoed by the Soviet Union.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/67_War.html (3008 words)

	Galilee on Encyclopedia.com
		The Beit Natufa Dam there is part of the National Water Carrier System, of which the main reservoir is the Sea of Galilee.
		Publication: Ground Water; Author: Rimmer, Alon Hurwitz, Shaul Gvirtzman, Haim ; Source: MAGAZINES
		Zionist colonization of the region began at the end of the 19th cent.
	encyclopedia.com /html/G/Galilee.asp (634 words)

	The Global Encyclopedia : Hotels : Travel
		During the 19th century, many new states were added to the original thirteen as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions.
		After long debate, this was supplanted by the Constitution of a more centralized federal government in 1789.
		Two of the major traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the American Civil War ( 1861 - 65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
	united-states.asinah.net /american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/s/se/sea_of_... (634 words)

	ARIJ - Core Issues of the Palestinian-Israeli Water Dispute
		Israel and the Palestinian Authority will commence negotiations on water rights within the framework of the rights listed above, within the framework of the Helsinki Rules, and other relevant articles of international law.
		Security is perhaps the central concept in Israeli political dialogue - the slogan "national security" is frequently reformulated in terms of "environmental security", "food security", "water security".
		Israel's short-termist conception of its national interest, a conception that recognizes Palestinian rights only when there is no conflict of interests, makes it hard to perceive how a just final status agreement will ever be reached.
	www.arij.org /pub/corissues (634 words)

	Globes [online] - Union for Environmental Defense: National Water Carrier polluted
		The rise in the water level in the Kinneret last winter severely contaminated the National Water Carrier, but the state has not cleaned it, allowing the water to reach households.
		The report states that Israel Military Industries does not allow the Water Commission to enter its installations to test for groundwater contamination.
		Israel was on the way to becoming a Third World country in 2003: more crowded and more polluted, according to the Israel Union for Environmental Defense environmental poverty report for 2003.
	www.globes.co.il /serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=756232&fid=942 (634 words)

	Managing water for peace in the Middle East
		Israel has been starting to reduce national water use since 1987 by cutting the supply of irrigation water, as seen in fig.
		The flow of water from the Jordanian carrier would have forced Israel to cut back its own influx of water into the Dead Sea, or the level would have risen so high as to flood the potash works (of both Israel and Jordan) and the surrounding hotels on the Israeli side.
		Israel announced a feasibility study on a seawater hydroelectric power generation project in 1980, but this had been preceded by pre-feasibility studies over many years before that.
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/80858e/80858E0g.htm (634 words)

	Water Scarcity in the Jordan River Basin :: Green Nature ::
		Israel was then able to complete the National Water Carrier, as well as extensive irrigation projects.
		Acceptance of the international plans was problematic because they presented novel approaches to water sharing and apportionment, and because a regional cooperative approach would, by definition, require the Arab League's acceptance of Israel as a legitimate state and resource user.
		Israel's population was growing at a rapid pace due to the greatly increased influx of post-World War II European Jewish refugees, and its development and plans outpaced those of its neighbors.
	www.greennature.com /article84.html (634 words)

	Galilee, Sea of on Encyclopedia.com
		Israel's National Water Carrier Project uses the Sea of Galilee as a reservoir for water pumped south, via the National Water Conduit, to the Negev desert for irrigation and to the coastal plain to recharge the overdrawn watertable.
		However, despite the project, Israel's water supply in the late 20th cent.
		ISRAEL HAS HUNDREDS OF SIGNIFICANT SIGHTS FOR TRAVELERS TO EXPERIENCE.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/GalileeS1.asp (634 words)

	Essays Now
		Most successful was Fatah, headed by Yasser Arafat (discussed below) which began military operations against Israel on Jan. 1, 1965, with an attack on the Israeli national water carrier project to transfer water from the Jordan River to the south of Israel.
		The June 1967 war, in which several Arab nations were soundly defeated by Israel, was nonetheless a watershed that led to the rebirth of a Palestinian national movement with a strong separate identity.
		The first target chosen by Fatah was especially symbolic, since none of the Arab summit meetings called to deal with Israel's Jordan River water diversion had resulted in any concrete action.
	www.essays-now.com /sample.php (634 words)

	1964-Israel National Water Carrier Completed
		Contact US In 1964 Israel completed a national water carrier to convey water from the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) to the Coastal Plain.
		The National Water Carrier begins at the Lake of Galilee (the Kinneret).
		Pumps move water 500 feet above the lake, as a series of conduits, tunnels and pipes take the water north of Tel Aviv.
	www.multieducator.com /Israel/1964WaterCarrierComplete.html (634 words)

	Definition of Levi Eshkol
		In civilian times, Eshkol is best known for implementing the National Water Carrier system.
		Six Day War of June 1967; during the crisis, Eshkol established a Government of National Unity, with the Defense portfolio placed into Moshe Dayan 's hands.
		As prime minister, Eshkol worked to improve foreign relations, establishing diplomatic contact with West Germany in 1965, and also established cultural ties with the Soviet Union which allowed some Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Levi_Eshkol (634 words)

	Jordan, river, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
		The cultivation of fruits and vegetables has been made possible by Israel’s National Water Carrier Project, which uses the Sea of Galilee as a reservoir, and Jordan& East Ghor project, which diverts water from the Yarmuk River.
		Although the river is not navigable, its waters are valuable for irrigation.
		Other irrigation projects, in Syria and Lebanon, divert water from the Jordan& headstreams.
	www.bartleby.com /65/jo/JordanR.html (634 words)

	AllRefer.com - Galilee, Israel & Palestine (Israeli And Palestinian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The Beit Natufa Dam there is part of the National Water Carrier System, of which the main reservoir is the Sea of Galilee.
		Zionist colonization of the region began at the end of the 19th cent.
		AllRefer.com - Galilee, Israel & Palestine (Israeli And Palestinian Political Geography)- Encyclopedia
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Galilee.html (634 words)

	SmartPedia.com - Free Online Encyclopedia - Encyclopedia Books.
		Completed in 1964, the National Water Carrier connects the Sea of Galilee with Israel 's watersystem.
		The original goal of building the carrier was to provide irrigation water to the Negev region.
		Today 80% of the water drawn from the Lake is utilized for Israel's drinking water.
	www.smartpedia.com /smart/browse/Israel_National_Water_Carrier (634 words)

	Le risorse idriche nel diritto internazionale con particolare riferimento alla Palestina - Studi per la Pace
		WATER RIGHTS LATEST OBSTACLE IN TALKS, Palestine Report, 4 agosto 1995.
		THE ARAB'S PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE JORDAN VALLEY in The Egyptian Economic and Political Review,1955.
		ISRAEL LINE (s.a.): Daily summary of the Israeli Press by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Division.
	www.studiperlapace.it /documentazione/alqaryouti.html (634 words)

	Israel National Water Carrier
		Please See National Water Carrier For Further Information about Israel National Water Carrier.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/i/s/Israel_National_Water_Carrier.html (634 words)

	The National Hydrogen Association of Australia
		The National Hydrogen Association was one of the first organisations in Australia to recognise Hydrogen as Australia's future energy carrier.
		The objectives of the association is to generate awareness for hydrogen as Australia's future energy carrier.
		How obvious is the use of water and sun to supply our energy needs, split water in to hydrogen and oxygen, pass these gases though a Fuel Cell and you get power, heat and the bi product is pure water.
	www.hydrogen.org.au (634 words)

	ipedia.com: Sea of Galilee Article
		Israel's National Water Carrier, built in 1964, transports water from the lake to the population centers of Israel, and is the source of most of the country's drinking water.
		Israel also supplies water from the lake to the West Bank and to Jordan (under the terms of the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace).
		Increasing water demand and some dry winters have resulted in stress on the lake and a decreasing water line, at times to dangerously low levels.
	www.ipedia.com /sea_of_galilee.html (610 words)

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