On AlterNet: water conflict

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Israel Builds New Desalination Plant, But Palestinians Are Still Denied an Adequate Water Supply

Jerrold Kessel, Pierre Klochendler, IPS News. June 3, 2010.

The issue of desalination dilutes one of the unresolved core issues of the conflict. For decades, Israel and its Arab neighbors have fought over water rights.

Water Conflict Mounts in Ecuador

Julia Apland Hitz, Water Matters @ Columbia. May 20, 2010.

The South American country is trying to decide who has the rights to water, who will control it, how will it be developed, and who will benefit.

The Coming Crisis Over the Mekong: Unconstrained Development, Natural Droughts and Climate Change

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. April 8, 2010.

While the Middle East has the longest history of water-related violence by far, my biggest worries today are elsewhere: in Asia.

Water: Conflict or Resolution in China, Tibet and Darfur?

J. Carl Ganter, Huffington Post. May 20, 2008.

Will water be a source of conflict or resolution? A leading thinker discusses how this is playing out in Africa and Asia.

Is Water Part of the Tibet/China Conflict?

Michael E. Campana, WaterWired AlterNet: Water. May 12, 2008.

There's a lot of history and politics behind China's occupation of Tibet, and now you can add water to the list of conflict sources.