Nice way of them saying yes we have plenty of water but we are not going to lower prices. Everything in Israel goes up but the wages.

we are suckers.

we were on the brink of signing a water import agreement with Turkey! Now that would've been BIG FUN.

Kushner is an irresponsible fool for lying to us. The water crisis is not over in the slightest. There is still massive overuse that leaves Israel on the brink of major water crisis the instant the rain stops. Paying billions of dollars to desalinate seawater is NOT the answer. Israel is in the middle of a region that is suffering from a massive water crisis, yet this irresponsible moron declares that it's suddenly solved? How? One winter of rain does NOT stop the crisis, nor solve any of the problems except the one of lack of rain. The shareholders of the big water companies are smiling ear to ear knowing that Kushner will simply recommend another severl billion shekels of our tax money be used to build another desalination plant while over consumption continues, our taxes go up, and the price of water skyrockets (actually, those of you who read my postings know that I support a tenfold increase in water prices in order to cut consumption). Fire the bozo! There still is a water crisis!!!!

How about we first praise-the-Lord for the water of life, and for His faithfulness and mercy on a, mostly, secular Jewish society. Yeah, give thanks where mercy is given. Trust in the Lord always. God bless, Israel and His Jerusalem!!! A Christian Zionist

"...advisory; says growing desalination industry has brought water market back from the brink." Let's give credit where it's due first: God's mercy and love and faithfulness to a stiff-necked people who are always complaining about something! Thank you, Lord...for your provisions! God bless, Israel; praying for the peace of Jerusalem! Christian Zionist

B"H - Let's not forget that an adequate "natural" water supply is one of Hashem's ways to show us His appreciation for what we are doing on His Land: "And it will come to pass that if you continually hearken to my commandments that I command you today, to love Hashem, your G-d, and to serve Him, with all your heart and with all your soul - then I will provide rain for your land in its proper time, the early and late rains, that you may gather in your grain, your wine and your oil. I will provide grass in your field for your cattle and you will eat and be satisfied. Beware lest your heart be seduced and you turn astray and serve gods of others and bow to them. Then the wrath of Hashem will blaze against you. He will restrain the heaven so there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its produce. And you will swiftly be banished from the goodly land which Hashem gives you." - and we don't want this to happen, do we? So, as you can see, while these water manufacturing tricks may work in the short run, they are not a recipe for possessing the Land on the long term. In fact, quite the opposite: Substituting ourselves to G-d, is a straight-forward way to lose the Land and everything.

is to begin. Severe droughts are since years in many south european countries. Also in Hungary are problems with the precipitations.

Praise Hashem for his kindness....Call me crazy, but more and more Israeli Farmers are performing the Mitzvah of Shemitta.... Perhaps there is a cause and effect for the rains of blessing? I agree with the opinion that the water crisis is far from over. However, de-salinization and recycling waste water is a good start. If Hashem continues blessing us with adequate rainfall in the next few years and we continue to conserve and use water sparingly; we are moving in the direction to end the crisis. G-d has opened the sky for water and the ground for Oil and Gas.... He is showing his kindness and mercy to his beloved children. Am Yisrael Chai!

will have adequate water supplies.

they do, but they refuse to collaborate with the israeli water management out of spite so that they can complain about israel later and they also mismanage the water in a very damaging way. lots of waste.

Have you seen the Dead Sea lately?? The water crisis is far from over. Until water from the Kinneret is returned to its natural state, allowing water to freely flow down the Jordan River, to the Dead Sea, returning It to it's natural state, there will still be an ecological water crisis

concern take your water to them.

More water/reservoirs for the development and expansion of Negev Agriculture and Industry

1) Construct additional desalination plants so that the annual drinking water production is 4-5 times the annual drinking water consumption. Why? Countries like Finland, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, USA and Canada have an abundance of drinkable water. Israel should have an excess of drinking water too in order to deal with every contingency. For example: if Israel is again suffering from massive fires, Israel must have enough water to put out the fires. In case of crisis and wars and in case missiles and rockets hit one or a few desalination plants, Israel should still under such circumstances be able to uninterruptedly maintain a daily production and consumption of drinking water without risking our water reserves and without interrupting or limiting daily life in Israel. Another reason to boost the size, numbers and capability of Israel's desalination plants is because our population is increasing every year. We must plan for the future. It's not enough to say: "Oh well our desalination plants can produce TODAY 75% or maybe even 100% of our annual needs but in 5 or 10 or 20 years, the desalination plants can only produce 30-50% of our annual needs". Israel needs to plan for the future and make sure that the annual consumption is just a small fraction of the total production and annual capacity of the desalination plants. 2) In case of severe drought, desalination plants that can theoretically produce water 4-5 times Israel's annual consumption, can easily deliver the water all citizens of Israel need. 3) In case of rain shortage and in case the Kineret is shrinking again, pipelines should be constructed in order to lead water from desalination plants into the Kineret. 4) The agricultural sector of Israel would be grateful to have more water at its disposal. 5) Israel could potentially become a water production and water exporter nation. With our hand on the faucet we can dictate the terms to our hostile neighbors. "You want water? Fine. Get off our backs or else you'll get no water at all." This could potentially make Israel an even stronger nation in the Middle East and strategically safeguard Israel's safety and survival.