October 16, 1966 (vol. 77, iss. 39) • Page Image 4
…Seventy-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED By STUDENTS OF THE UNIYERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS wnere Opinions Are Free, 420 MAYNARDST.,, ANN ARBOR, Mici…
… United Nations from its preoccupation with Viet Nam. Behind the typical Arab and Israeli charges and countercharges lies an ingrained hatred and the specific knotty question of water rights. THE MAJOR…
…; and between Iraq anj Turkey for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. But the Jordan River continues to be polluted with Israeli-Arab mis- trust. The Jordan rises in the foothills of the Anti…
… stor- age point for the entire area. As its share, Israel was to re- ceive 39 per cent-a figure which did not sit too well with Arab leaders who sounded like they were intent on destroying the in…
… proposal. THE ARAB states have been opposed to the plan since its in- ception and have sought to frus- Israeli-Syrian Controversy trate Israel's claim on the waters. In December, 1963, the military chiefs…
… of 11 states agreed on a united plan of action, and in January, 1964, an Arab :3ummit meeting was held. President Nassar of the United Arab Republic urged a cautious approach to the problem: the Arabs…
… defense system-since Israel can mobilize some 300,000 men in 72 hours. THE NON - MILITARY p 1 a n agreed upon was a diversion of the rivers which feed the Jordan from the north. The Arabs would shut the…
… taps on Israel by dam- ing the Baniyas and Hasbani rivers, tributaries which originate in Lebanon and Syria. In addition, Jordan wanted to completely dam off the Yarmuk. Arab engineers at that time con…
…- tended that Israel's Negev plan would leave the lower course of the Jordan Valley destructively saline, thus hurting some 200,000 Arab farmers. BUT THE Jordan government's diversion of the Yarmuk River for…
… the Canal had brought about de- st;fictive salinity in certain areas anyway; and Arab farmers had to be reimbursed with large outlays of East Ghor water. (The Johnston plan would have provided the…



