and if they do,dont forget to bring a good suply of body bags.

After subscribing to Nat'l Geo for over a decade, I recently cancelled my subscription, due to the one-sided nature of their articles about Israel. I figured that if they are taking a political stand and presenting one-sided "facts" concerning Israel, they may be doing the same with other articles, and I can no longer trust what I read there.

Great argument about the Turks... Maybe the Syrians should lick their Scuds if they become too thirsty...

Israel is stealing others' water.... strange how it get surprised when a professional channel like NG says something like this.

israelies love to control palestenian lifes as a reflection to what germans did to them and so if they could block air they will do it , this is not a country , its only a bunch of theives

RE : Michael Hess from "famed ' Charlotte NC, USA. # 13 ---- You seem to have a god given gift of writing "facts" according to your warped beliefs, your erratic moods. ---- " Every one knows "--- or " Every person knows " -- or " it's a well known fact ", obviously are your favorites from , I am sure, a vast 'repertoire' of ' starters. Any changes in the horizon ?. It's quite boring yo know.; and you are taking valuable space from this 'Auguste' news paper. !

Hello macos from Massachusetts. Would the word " robbing " be more to your liking?. You must be attending classes in Charlotte, NC --- " it's a well known fact " is Michael Hess copy- right trade mark.

its not about criticism.israel have lots of problems ,no doubt. but this atrticel is dwelling with an ungoing lies of propoganda.it is just a part of an ungoing demonization of israel and the jews.its is just a new sort of anty jewdeizim. when ever there was a crisis in the wourld,you can find ignornt cawerds like your self that will point out the jews as the source of it all. there is no defrence bteen you,gebels,and hitler! sheame on you.you are not worthy as a human being!

but you are allso cur ignorant, a coward and a fool! a men like you have no plaece in the wourld. i pity you.

WATER .

Of course Israel has used her dominant position in the region and the occupation (or 'management' if that makes you feel better) of the West Bank and previously in Gaza to satisfy her water needs in a most disproportionate way to what the Palestinians get. This is such a well known fact that I can't believe that Israel can find the nerve and the gaul to claim, "the opposite is true." Hahahaa! But this is what we come to expect from Israel these days. Sad.

so they got all there water from the Israeli government .. now is that stealing or feeding the hungry stateless Palestinians ?

...particularly the portion about Syria and the Sea of Galilee. Who wrote the captions on the photos? Nat'l Geographic has some explaining to do.... American and LA Jewish community need to swing into action and protest the exhibit as well as contacting Nat'l Geo HQ in Wash DC...

you are very objective.... did you send your boys to kill children and whomen in tell aviv? look around you my frined.israelis aginst all logic are trying to find paece with you,but you rather send your children to war,then live in paece. you want paece? stop all war,and exept the fact that this is allso a jewish lend,and that we have just as much rigths to live here.free and safe.if not'go back to your countrys-lebanon,jordan and so on... lets start a cheinge my freind.lets talk as men,and not bye war. there is nothing israelies like more then to end this pointless ,and stupide cricel. i rspect all lives-jewish,islamic,crictien,buddhist and so on.evry men have the rigth to live free and safe.israelies all ready know that,will you do the same?

When the truth puts Israel or jews in a bad light, then idiots like you automatically go into overdrive, proclaiming it as lies, and some sought of conspiracy. Thankfully, there are some mature tbers here, that label it for what is is-the truth. Even if it hurts Rafi..........

They cannot destroy Israel with weapons or international diplomacy so they try to steal her water.

it should read: "national geographic show spreads anti-Israeli lies", rather than helping to repeat the very same slanders.

....Started as private gentlemen's club.... WASP and no Jews allowed...

Hi Hinda - How right you are. I read the article Exodus of Christians in the Holy Land some months ago in the NG and was shocked at how biased the report. It even has a certian nostalgia for early Christian practices of chaining the mentally ill to rocks. There was another article recently on Assad's Syria in the NG which depicts him as a visionary leader, state bulider and peace maker! The national geographic has made a firm alliance with militant islam much like the BBC, Trade Unions and other leftisit leaning organisation. Very sad state of affairs.

Israel has fresh water sources. Israel also has an extremely sophisticated system of catchment of rainfall. Israel has desalinization plants. The reason there is no drought in Israel is because Israel implements very sound water policies. Their Arab neighbors do not. Arabs are not the sons of the desert, they are the fathers. They allow their goats and sheep to close crop, and then move on to different fields. They do nothing to replant, retill or otherwise refurbish the exhausted soil -- they shrug their shoulders and move on. Arabs seem to have a fondness for barren, infertile and bereft land. How very Bedouin -- and quintessentially nomadic -- of them. By the way -- the Kinneret has ALWAYS been exclusively Israel's. Israel shares the same climate as the Palestine Authority, Gaza, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Contemplate the likelihood that Israel is doing it the right way, and their neighbors are not. Israel has reforested major portions of the country, which in turn creates photosynthesis, which in turns oxygenizes the air and creates humidity and rain. Israel has a sophisticated system of irrigation which uses remineralized desalinized water. I realize there are those of you who prefer to castigate Israel -- any opportunity will do -- but the facts with respect to fresh water argue powerfully against you. If you want to know who is responsible for hogging all the fresh water resources, check with Turkey. For starters, you might ask them why the Tigris and Euphrates are reduced to mere trickles by the time they reach Iraq.

Obviously, you have never been to the region. Obviously, you are full of anti-semitic feelings. Obviously, you are a Jew-hater and would have made your very non-Jewish ancestors proud. Sad but very true how hate-mongers spread their evilness. Not that I'm worried about how it will all end, just sad that people like you can fuel hatred and actions that endanger innocent people by supporting terrorism and the fight for supremacy of one so called religion, Islam, which in reality is an extremist political lifestyle party and a very harsh and blind one at that!

Israel steals water from its neighbours. The systems that you mention account for a very small part of Israel's water supplies. Without stealing water from its neighbours, Israelis would not have their full swimming pools, and green grass. Thankfully Israelis are too impatient to play golf........... Israelis use 4 times the amount of water that Palestinians use. Where do the Israelis get their water-by stealing it with impunity from their neighbours. Is this called "the right way" Sarah B? This must stop. BDS

The truth may hurt, but this is not the truth. It is like complaining that American prisons restrict freedom of inmates. The Syrians bombarded Israeli kibbutzim for years; an act of war. After waiting more than any other country on this earth, Israel took the Golan. None of this "inconsequential" background is mentioned with any of these photos. My NG subscription is hereby cancelled.

I told you where and how Israel gets its water. Fresh water natural supplies, proper stewardship of the land, desalinization and catchment of natural rainfall. Try it, Resistor. It works. Israel isn't stealing anything. Israel just respects and nurtures the land more than do the Arabs. If you take care of your natural environment, it takes care of you. So the barren and bereft and drought Arab lands would be YOUR problem, not mine. There is a better way. You people just refuse to learn.

All of what you said produces 1800MCM per year. Israeli demands are 2,000MCM per year and growing-source: The Jewish virtual library. This quote: "Israel is the cause of the water crisis for Palestinians in particular and for Arabs in general, a fact that the Jewish state refuses to acknowledge. Israel will continue with its plans to control more water resources, especially as it seeks to attract ever-greater numbers of Jewish immigrants"-Middle East Monitor. If Syria gets the Golan back, your 6 monthly sandbatticals are going to be very dry!

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