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Israeli Tourist Trap ‘Herod’s Pool’ Is Draining Palestinians’ Land Dry
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NYT World
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Natan Odenheimer and Gabby Sobelman
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20 Sep 2026 · 09:00 UTC
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Authoritarian Governance
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1 min read
Summary
Describes systematic diversion of water resources from Palestinian agricultural land to serve Israeli settlements, exemplifying authoritarian resource monopolization and environmental control mechanisms that render one population dependent while enriching another.
Saad Nemer, a Palestinian farmer, in a greenhouse on his farm near the West Bank village of Fasayil in August. His crops have withered this summer without water.
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