Middle East Gasps In The Grip Of Drought (Region's 3 Main Religions Praying Together For Rain)

[Turborama]

Source: Sky News

2:23am UK, Thursday December 09, 2010
Dominic Waghorn, Middle East correspondent -

The Middle East is in the grip of an almost Biblical drought which has brought the region's three major religions together to pray for rain.

Israel's main water source, the Sea of Galilee, is in serious trouble. November saw it receive the least amount of water since records began in 1927.

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There has not been enough rain in the region for the last seven years.

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The drought has brought the Holy Land’s three religions together to pray for rain. Jews, Muslims and Christians have held joint prayer sessions calling for divine intervention.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Middle-East-Drought-Brings-Prayers-For-Rain-From-All-Three-Major-Religions/Article/201012215850028?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15850028_Middle_East:_Drought_Brings_Pr

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Video report at the link.

[Demeter]

1. God's Solution for the Middle East

another diaspora. Send them all away. Makes perfect sense.

[caseymoz]

2. Yes, dry the place up and make it useless.

The Holy Land for these various Chosen People to claim becomes worthless.

Think of what it would do for Rapture cults here. There can't be an attack on Israel because nobody wants it. Sort of sends the whole prophecy back to the drawing board, and changes our middle-east policy.

Then it will be thank you global warming for proving people wrong about "the truth" again.

[Turborama]

3. Another more optimistic perspective...

Climate change/global warming bringing the warring religions together and fostering peace in the Middle East?

[Downwinder]

4. I like yours best.

But, from my experience, water in the desert is just one more thing to fight about.

[defendandprotect]

5. Capitalism's war on nature ... and the results ... Gobal Warming-- !!

[PSPS]

6. It will have to work. Three religions equals three times the GAWD!!11!1!

[Violet_Crumble]

7. While power-praying is all very nice, I wonder what sort of water restrictions are in place...

Maybe I could send them some of the rain we're getting here over the past week or so. I never thought I'd ever say I'm so over it raining...

[trud]

8. water restrictions

You can bet that since Israel has a history of limiting Palestinian towns and farms to water 2-3 days a week while some Israeli settlers have swimming pools how those play out. I'm sure the Israelis are thinking too bad Begin's plan to take over Lebanon to get the water from the Litani never happened.

[Nihil]

9. On the other hand ...

> Israel's main water source, the Sea of Galilee, is in serious trouble.
> ...
> There has not been enough rain in the region for the last seven years.

Whilst this is true, the other (unspoken) fact is that the extraction
has gone up significantly in that time period.