Iran also in trobles, but I have they got to major rivers in the east. people will migrated east that's all. I don't think war will be any good when lack of money will means less weapons, it will probably push for peace agreement with Israel.

I have never heard of any of this before! If this is true it is a frightening concept. We know from past agreements that often there were unforseen results of the peace agreement that the geniuses in the government failed to anticipate! Still.. We shouldn't discount peace offers solely on this. We should just strive for a peace agreement that takes this in to account very clearly. But we shouldn't let our leaders 'forget' it in a euphoria of 'peace' and similarly, we should not let them use it as a permanent excuse to avoid progress on the peace front.. In other words: Thank you for highlighting a possibly vital issue about the result of peace with Syria and we should make sure it is thought of when peace is being made.

As it ruined its own rivers and ground water, Syria will also ruin our main water source. It has its sights on it, even though it is uninterested in peace with Israel. FROM - Syria has an existential interest in getting its hands on the Sea of Galilee in order to get the water needed for its agricultural land. Meanwhile, the water of our poor Kinneret reaches both Israel and Jordan at this time (we provide a fixed amount every year in line with our peace treaty.) Should Syria touch the Kinneret, the amounts of water pumped out of it will be huge. As it ruined its own rivers and ground water, Syria will also ruin our main water source. It has its sights on it, even though it is uninterested in peace with Israel. Should Israel pay for the failures and mediocrity of the Syrian Baath party? Moreover, when one realizes how badly Turkey robs Syria, should we choose Turkey as the mediator between us and the Syrians? After all, Turkey has an existential interest in seeing the Syrians get the Kinneret. It will take the pressure off. Ahead of the possible resumption of negotiations with Syria, we should know these figures and be cautious. We should hope that the Americans, who wish to advance talks on the Syrian track, will also be aware of this information. SYRIA WILL GO TO WAR OVER THIS, IT HAS TO !!!., THE SAME AS IN THE CASE OF, "GOG AND MAGOG" !!!. Orao.

"economic holocaust"??? "economic disaster" would be fair enough. Don't use the term holocaust whereever and whenever because it will loose its meaning.

Quote :” Turkey has an existential interest in seeing the Syrians get the Kinneret.” The conclusion is right on spot. I hope the Israeli politicians will see that too, and thus adjust their foreign policy.

if yes so why ???

A lot of points I didn't know about. Very interesting

“... I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; ....” Syria - Can you feel it?

1) The international border of the british Mandate included 100% of Kinneret shores, Syria occupied part of it further to the 1949 ceasefire. 2) What about Iraq, main recipient of Tigris & Euphrate waters?

http://www.terrorism-illuminati.com/uighur-nationalism-turkey-and-the-cia

It is not fair to condemn the Syrian regime. Even if they managed themselves properly, there is a severe water shortage everywhere in the Middle East and their conflict with Israel is an objective existential one. Even if they were the nicest people in the world, to survive the Syrians must: >take over Lebanon and its water resources >take over as much water-rich Israeli territory as possible, including Har Dov, Golan and Kinneret > reduce their own population by declaring as many Sunnis as possible "Palestinian refugees" and forcing them into Israel. There is no chance for peace because of objective reasons, not because of some unfortunate misunderstanding.

Turkey is damming up the Euphrates which is Syriaa main water source but Assads priority is not getting Turkey to stop blocking the river and allowing Syria to get its fair share of the water. Instead Assad wants Turkey to act as a mediator to get the Golan. There is more water in the Euphrates than in the Kineret but its the Kinerest Assad wants to get his hands on. Already the Kineret is at its lowest lever in decades, it wouldn't surpise me if we end up giving the palestinians a share of its waters as part of some kind of peace process as well as to Syria. Israel complains about water shortages but lets everybody else have a share of even if they didn't get a share of it before hand in exchange for a peace treaty. Bibi better not sell out the Golan in the hope Obama will give him a better deal on the palestinian front because other than Sharon since oslo in 1993 every single PM has at least decided to negotiate giving up the Golan to the Baathists and Bibi cannot be trusted.

One should not even give the slightest hint otherwise. There is absolutely nothing to negotiate or discuss here.

Please remember that the Kinneret needs the water from the Golan . You give Assad the Golan, the Kinneret dries up

Syria dumps more than 4 billion barrels of fresh water into the sea each year through waste and inefficiency. That is 4x more than the combined consumption of Israel, the West Bank and Jordan combined. If Syria dries up and blows away it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people. Despite decades of trying to get Syria engaged in a regional water sharing initiative, they refused. They refused even to take money from Israel for Israel to build a water pipeline from Turkey to Israel, through Syria. All in the name of their retarded racist fascist hate. Well I say good on them. Let them drink SAND!

There's a report (Debka - admittedly, not always accurate) that Israel is quietly negotiating over the borders of Ghajar and Har Dov (Shebaa Farms) with Lebanon via the US and UNIFIL that could give Lebanon control over the Banias waters that feed the Kinneret. That would be foolish. As to the water that Israel provides Jordan under treaty, I've seen reported elsewhere (not Debka) that Israel regularly provides MORE than required by treaty. As if Israel has such a surplus he can afford to be generous! After a fifth winter of below normal rainfall, it's critical that: 1) Israelis conserve more; 2) more desalination plants are built; and 3) Israel retain control of its water sources.

I refuse to even read an article with such an offensive title- for a Jew to compare anything political and economical to a holocaust is not only bad taste- but downright offensive. This is not a Holocaust- this is stupidity on a major scale- . How DARE the author even mention Holocaust in the same breath- shame- and I am not even Jewish!

since when is Israel so advanced in manageing its water/ its like the pot calling the kettle black we should look at ourselves before critisizing others

the word holocaust is a word means total destruction. It is a word from the dictionary that had been used for 100s of years before WW2. The use of this word does not automaticaly mean that you are reffering or comparing to the jewish Holocaust.

I know what it means, and I know what it means to the Jews. I remember umpteen discussions on Ynet about the use of the term Holocaust- let's put it this way: if a non-Jew ever uses it- it is anti-semitism- if a Jew uses it it does not mean the same thing? really. So if a European used it in connection with the killing of hundreds of Palestinian children - that was not a Holocaust? But bad water management in Syria is? Excuse me! we do not speak the same language.

to even think about reversing the annexation of the Golan. Has it been so long that we no longer remember the armored tractors used on kibbutzim in the north, because of daily shelling by the Syrians? Water is to this century was oil was to the last century. Israel should not give up any water whatsoever. Assad can go pound sand.

It's obvious, and has been for some time, that water will be the main catalyst for the next regional wars...especially with the decline of petroleum reserves. If the world truly wants to advance the peace process, the answer is not to pressure Israel into unilateral concessions which never return anything, it is to fund self-sustaining desalination plants that are not connected to the power grid.....solar powered desalination plants along the coast near Aleppo, Tyre, Gaza City, and several Israeli cities. Unfortunately, while Israel has focused on water issues for decades, our neighbors have not and make their problems...ours.

Under the protection of Hizbullah henchmen, Lebanese already began pulling more water from the Jordan river before it reaches Israeli territory. For two reasons, 1) to hurt Israel by taking one of its major feeders of the Kinneret, and 2) to aid its own farmers in the Hizbullah stronghold Bakaa Valley.

Despite the many broken promises by Pals under the Oslo Accords, Israel still provides its share of water per the agreement to the West Bank and to Gaza. I believe Israel supplies the West Bank and Gaza to some degree as a stop-gap measure to keep the reckless Pals from further causing water decline in the region, and affecting Israel ultimately. Gazan aquifers are already ruined by over-pumping (despite decades of warnings) and West Bank Pals drop wells everywhere eventually ruining the Mountain Aquifer that is also under Israel.

The purposely blocked many of the feeders from the Golan into the Kinneret hoping to reduce Israel's water supply, simultaenously while daily bombarding civilian farming communities in the Galilee.

True that most water ends up being wasted in population centers, like Tel Aviv. However, Israel is pretty advanced in water recycling and drip irrigation systems, including new advances in arid-climate crops. Though politics typically get in the way of real water management - like getting rid of water-intensive crops (bananas), Israel is well-placed to led the conservation effort.

Please do not give away the water which the Lord has provided for you in the Sea of Galillee. Syria will likely destroy it as it has its own water sources.