This water would be used for irrigating fields and turning the desert into productive land for farming. It would also provide. virtually as a byproduct. tremendous quantities of electrical energy which would be an incentive for industrial development of the region. MEND would from its inception provide a source of employment for the thousands of unskilled refugees whose inability to find work exacerbates the tensions of the Middle East. Water. work. and food are inextricably interwoven with the problem of creating a climate of peace in the strifetorn Middle East. These are among the basic underlying causes of dissension and until these needs are sufficiently satisfied. they will continue to be key points of friction.
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