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Alwyn Rouyer

Alwyn Rouyer teaches at the Middle East Center of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.

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Basic Needs vs. Swimming Pools

Severe drought conditions, only recently ameliorated by heavy winter rains, and the current hostilities have exacerbated the fundamental inequality in division of the scarce water resources of Israel-Palestine between Israelis and Palestinians. Water is becoming a weapon of war aimed at quelling Pal

Alwyn Rouyer • 16 min read