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Distro - Waters Wars 

Paolo Pellegrin 

Text by Don Belt.

For a biblical stream whose name evokes divine tranquillity, the Jordan River is nobody's idea of peace on Earth. From its rowdy headwaters near the war-scarred slopes of Mount Hermon to the foamy, coffee-colored sludge at the Dead Sea some 200 miles downstream, the Jordan is fighting for survival in a tough neighborhood the kind of place where nations might spike the riverbank with land mines, or go to war over a sandbar. Water has always been precious in this arid region, but a six-year drought and expanding population conspire to make it a fresh source of conflict among the... 

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The Sea of Galilee. Tiberias, Israel. Oct. 2009 

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Thai workers picking bananas in a plantation in Afiqim just... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2009

Kayaking on the Jordan river in the northern Sea of Galilee.... 

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A view of the Sea of Galilee from the Ofir viewpoint on the Western... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2009

Aerials of the Dead Sea. Sink hole formations in areas until... 

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School children go and play in the Ziglab dam near Al Aziyya... 

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PALESTINE. Ramat Shlomo. An Israeli settlement in the West Bank.... 

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Qasr al Yahud, Along the Jordan river, the site where supposedly... 

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Mineral resort. Dead Sea. West bank, Palestine/Israel May 2009... 

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PALESTINE. Aerials of sink holes in the Dead Sea. 2009. 

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King Abdullah canal. It runs from the Yarmuk river parallel to... 

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The outskirts of Mashara in northern Jordan, the town has developed... 

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Floating on dreams and whispers, girls from a West Bank village... 

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Pope Benedict's visit to the reputed site of Jesus Christ's baptisim... 

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The eastern beach of the Sea of Galilee. Israel. May 2009 

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Qasr al Yahud, Along the Jordan river, the site where supposedly... 

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PALESTINE. Abu Dahok, West bank. 2009.
Water distribution in... 

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Gai beach Resort. A large resort with several swimming pools... 

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PALESTINE. 2009.
Tempers flare near Auja when a conversation... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2009

Pope Benedict's visit to the reputed site of Jesus Christ's baptisim... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2009

Qasr al Yahud, Along the Jordan river, the site where supposedly... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2009

A Palestinian family from Hebron, one of the cities with the... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2009

A Palestinian family from Hebron, one of the cities with the... 

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Beduin children in an empty irrigation canal in Ras el Uja, West... 

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PALESTINE. 2009.
Aerials of sink holes in the Dead Sea. 

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WEST BANK. PALESTINE. Wadi Fudin. 2009.
Palestinian village below... 

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WEST BANK. PALESTINE. 2009.
Salt formations in a strech of land... 

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WEST BANK. PALESTINE. Ein Gedi. 2009.
A woman walks through a... 

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The Banias river springs. The Banias is one of the three sources... 

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A Palestinian greenhouse in disuse due to lack of water. El Uja... 

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ISRAEL. 2009.
Aerial view of the Sea of Galilee from which Israel... 

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ISRAEL. 2009.
Aerial view of the National Water Carrier. The... 

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In the village of El Uja many crops are dying due to lack of... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2009

JORDAN "Water wars". 2009. 
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