Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 551)

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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 551)

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APPENDIX 4: WATER SOURCES AND WATER RESOURCES
In this appendix I want to consider the question of water
sources and resources in terms of a number of elements.
Firstly, I will consider the issue of water resources and how
they relate to the project of settler colonialism and
Zionism. I will then outline the main water sources’ and
resources in the north Jordan Valley. Finally I will look at
the question of economic ownership of water resources.
I. WATER AND COLONISATION
Access to an adequate supply of water is a critical factor in
maintaining agricultural activity in any peasant society. If
water supplies diminish peasants have a number of choices
open to them: either they leave their land and take up some
other type of work activity or become more productive given
the constraints placed upon them and look for ways to
conserve precious water supplies. However, the problem of
securing adequate supplies of water in the West Bank region
is further complicated because the securement of water has
always been part of a larger geo-political issue. From the
pre-Yeshuv period to the present day the Israeli state has
always focused on water supply as an important component in
the thinking of, and has always had a long term impact. on,
Israeli military strategy and the overall project of Zionist
colonisation. Moreover, since 1978, recent Israeli proposals
for “autonomy” in the occupied territories, which have become
the singular Israeli focus for a solution to the "Palestinian
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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production

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Alex Pollock

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