By Zvi Bar'el: U.S., Saudis push Syria over IDF withdrawal from Shaba Farms
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Title: Shibaa farms and water rights! Name: Maxwell City: NYC State:
The Shibaa district has no military significance but is where Israel abstracts a considerable amount of water which it pumps to it`s settlements, and as an indigenous Lebanese farmer once said, loosely translated, `I don`t care whether it`s part of Lebanon or Syria, but it`s definitely not part of Israel`.