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Water..our
very survival
Not only is Judea and Samaria essential for it's
Biblical significance and for Israel's national security ...it also sits
atop a resource essential for our very physical survival...WATER...To a
country like the United States, where water is plentiful in most areas
of the country, this may sound ridiculous.....but Israel is an
arid/desert climate and Israel's meteorologists and National Water
Company (called "Mekorot") count every milimeter of rainfall.
The rainy season in Israel is from Sept.-March. During the months of
April-August it does not rain at all. Last year was one of Israel's
dryest in recorded history. Con../side2r the following.
The ground water reservoir in Judea and Samaria,
called the Mountain Aquifer, is the State of Israel's largest and most
important water reservoir. Some 600 million cubic meters of water are
produced from it in an average year, about a third of the State of
Israel's national water consumption. This water is of the highest
quality and supplies the domestic needs of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Beer
Sheva, and most of the cities in the center of the country; it is also
used for irrigation of large agricultural areas along the coastal plain,
the Beer Sheva valley, the Jezreel Valley, and the Jordan Valley.
Natural water sources must be preserved even in an
era of desalination, because the value of water is not determined only
by the cost of its production; rather, it has value as a national
natural resource. |
WHY SHUVA? TO
SETTLE OUR
BIBLICAL HOMELAND...TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF THE MODERN STATE OF
ISRAEL...TO PRESERVE OUR NATURAL WATER RESOURCES.
More
on Israel's water supplies in our next newsletter >>
Written by Eliezer Braun
Director of Shuva Israel
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Over the past 20 years, Israel has engaged in a micro
version of settlement activity in the heartland of Israel, Judea and
Samaria, planting close to 200
seedlings, with almost 200,000 re../side2nts all over the area, to the
everlasting chagrin of the United States, Europe and especially the
Palesinian Arabs. Settlement was and is Israel's future. It is also our
enemy's everlasting regret.
Our political attitude, in Samaria, is quite simple.With 32
settlements spread over the largest tract of land governed by a local
council in Israel, we are
home to 16,000 Jews (out of a total Jewish population of 70,000 in
Samaria). Our calling card
is action. It is only through a growing Jewish presence in Samaria that
we can maintain and solidify our right to our homeland in spite of
pressures from those who will have it differently. Samaria is more than
a home. This is where Joshua crossed the Jordan and entered Israel. This
was Israel's first camp at Gilgal. This is where the first alter (mizbe'ach"),
constructed by Joshua on Mount Ebal to serve the Lord through sacrifice
was built (and found in 1985). This is where Joseph met his brothers and
was sold to slavery. Jewish history and Samaria are one. We are men,
women and children, immigrants, from a variety of backgrounds, who's
common purpose is settling the land. No public relations campaign
attempting to delegitimize our "settlement" activity can
disassociate Samaria from its roots in Jewish history.
Written
by Mel Borenstein. Bd Member of Shuva Israel. |
