ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is launching a website in Farsi to help Iranian citizens cope with the ongoing water crisis.
On June 10, Netanyahu released a video on the Times of Israel’s Persian website in which he offered Israel’s water expertise.
Netanyahu’s offer comes at a time of mounting tensions between Israel and Iran over the latter’s nuclear program and exchanges of fire over Syrian territory.
“We will launch a Farsi website to detail plans on how Iranian can recycle their waste water ... on how Iranian farmers can save their crops and feed their family,” Netanyahu said in the video.
In the last two decades Iran has entered a new phase of water crisis resulting in mass protests. Three major water resources have dried up, including Lake Hamoun in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Zayandehrood River in Isfahan Province, and Lake Urmia in West Azerbaijan Province.
Thousands of fishermen, farmers, and people working in the tourism sector have lost their jobs as a result.
“Israel recycles nearly 90 percent of its waste water. That is far more than any country on earth ... We invented drip irrigation,” Netanyahu added.
After the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Islamic Republic applied a populist policy towards water resources by giving free water to remote rural area to promote farming.
Iran’s agricultural sector consumes about 90 percent of the nation’s water while contributing to just 15 percent of its GDP.
On June 10, Netanyahu released a video on the Times of Israel’s Persian website in which he offered Israel’s water expertise.
Netanyahu’s offer comes at a time of mounting tensions between Israel and Iran over the latter’s nuclear program and exchanges of fire over Syrian territory.
“We will launch a Farsi website to detail plans on how Iranian can recycle their waste water ... on how Iranian farmers can save their crops and feed their family,” Netanyahu said in the video.
In the last two decades Iran has entered a new phase of water crisis resulting in mass protests. Three major water resources have dried up, including Lake Hamoun in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Zayandehrood River in Isfahan Province, and Lake Urmia in West Azerbaijan Province.
Thousands of fishermen, farmers, and people working in the tourism sector have lost their jobs as a result.
“Israel recycles nearly 90 percent of its waste water. That is far more than any country on earth ... We invented drip irrigation,” Netanyahu added.
After the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Islamic Republic applied a populist policy towards water resources by giving free water to remote rural area to promote farming.
Iran’s agricultural sector consumes about 90 percent of the nation’s water while contributing to just 15 percent of its GDP.
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