Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Daniel, we would be getting into dangerous territory here, I've been there Rob, I know ... dangerous territory, yes. Before you react to what I write in this paragraph, please read the rest. I have always been a devoted supporter of Israel. I met my wife there. I've done things in my private life I won't go into. Israel has always had my undivided support. > but this is a > campaign to drive Palestinians off their land, not a matter of killing off > weeds. It certainly is a poison - the crops in the sprayed areas are dead. Yes, it is a poison (the Israelis are stupid enough to use it on their own crops and water). Despite my undivided support for Israel and the individuals I love there ... Jenin and quieter (the daily shit that doesn't make the news) scandals ... they things you report ... give them all the guns they want, the Israelis and the Palestinians ... may the best man win. > I was filming this situation with my Israeli camerawoman, Natasha, when we > came across an experimental irrigation system constructed by Hajj'Issa using > drip pipes and rainwater harvesting. Her eyes lit up and she said - this is > Israeli technology! I pointed out that Israeli irrigation systems not only > use water taken from the main west bank aquifers (to which palestinians are > denied autonomous access) and the jordan, but are funded by US taxpayers. Make that the "Sea of Galilee" ... if it's still left. Check out satelite pictures of the dead sea ... compare them to your school atlas pictures. > Not a welcome observation (our relationship was prickly at times, She was a Sabra ... they get like that. > but > fruitful despite our disagreements. It was certainly a difficult experience > for her.) > > The semantics of the territories and Israel are quite different. > > I'm happy to pursue it, but maybe the infamous lugforum is a better... > forum. Oopps ... sorry. Rob, I hope your work makes a difference ... but probably not, I wish it would, it deserves it, but noone is listening. D > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 8:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: rob appleby photos > > > > > contaminate the wells. The whole thing is a bit of a grey area, I was > unable > > > to get any solid info about it. I wouldn't want it to seem I was > accusing > > > Israel of waging chemical warfare against these people, beyond > destroying > > > their crops. > > > > Well, I worked in Israel for about a year in the late seventies. It may > > very well be some kind of poison ... but the same kind the Israelis use on > > their own crops and poison their own wells. When people are getting > > bombed, rocketed and what-have-you ... environmental considerations are > > not high priorities for oneself or for others. It was always a thought > > provoking experience to hear that "smoking is dangerous" ... those > > warnings just didn't hit the spot in the middle east. > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 5:15 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: rob appleby photos > > > > > > > > > > in an area marked by the Hebron > > > > Civil Administration as "Nature Reserve" and (here's the logic of it!) > > > > sprayed with herbicides if the farmers plant it. Some of the latter > area > > > > lies very close to the villages themselves, but as far as I know the > > > > villages have not been sprayed with any chemicals (hard to ascertain). > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html