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Preface
The purpose of this article is to point out the problems in the work of two
American teams of researchers at Oregon State University and the Pacific Institute
for Development Studies, in Oakland, dealing with disputes of water. We maintain
that the conclusions suggesting that no water disputes exist – are need to redefine.
Likewise, those who consider the drilling or closing down of a well to be of equal
importance to a conflict over the waters of the Euphrates or Nile, are need to
redefine yet again.
We therefore need to redefine the terms, such as disputes over water, water
wars, or non-violent resolutions. The current forecasts about climate change and
increased population growth in Third-World countries provides adequate reasons
for recognizing that the risk of water wars will rise in the future, rather than
disappear as predicted.
Our thanks to Murray Rosovsky for the translation from Hebrew, to Noga
Yoselevich who prepared it for print including the maps.
We also owe thanks to many scholars who are responsible for the decision to
publish this monograph.
A.B., A.S.
(mamram118@walla.com;
soffer@geo.haifa.ac.il)
Haifa, May 2016