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Some Egyptian parliamentarians and commentators lately
raised the issue of the crisis between Egypt and the Nile basin states,
some of whom such as Kenya and Uganda who are signatories of the Nile
sources agreement, expressed their intention to withdraw from the it
and use the Nile waters as they desire. This brought to attention the
dangers of the "Israeli" infiltration in the Nile basin states,
which does not cover only Ethiopia as some may believe. This
infiltration was extended to cover the rest of the basin states the
relations of which with the Zionist entity grew to a considerable extent
since the mid nineties of the 20th century. Researchers believe that
these relations reached a stage equal to that between Ethiopia and the
Zionist enemy.
The encirclement strategy:
The goals and benefits of the Zionist entity
go beyond these relations. Its policy aims at encircling the Nile basin
with "Israeli" extensive military and security activities, and
establishing an "Israeli" long arm in the region to encircle Egypt and
encompass the Nile Basin.
The "Israeli" policy aims at threatening Arab security
including of course that of Egypt through increasing "Israel's"
influence in the states controlling the Nile waters at its sources, by
concentrating on agricultural projects that rely on pumping its water
requirement from lake Victoria. To reach this goal "Israeli" policy aims
at increasing tension between Arab and African states, which shall
distracts Egypt's attention away from the Palestinian cause. "Israel"
also aims at obtaining facilities for
establishing military basis in the Nile basin states and the use of
their air and maritime basis, as it got facilities in Ethiopia
during its 1967 aggression, and using these states as basis for
espionage against Arab states, also as markets for its military
industrial products, and creating local military cadres loyal to it.
Besides these goals, "Israel" had always been interested in
solving the problem of getting new water supplies, and diverting part of
the Nile waters through the Sinai Peninsula to the Negev desert. This is
an old project, it was first presented by Hertzel in 1903 to the British
government, and these "Israeli" intensive trials were repeated since the
1970ies. In spite of the Egyptian governmental and popular rejection of
the project the Zionist state never gave up hope, it is a Zionist dream,
awaiting the right occasion for it to come true, and to propose it anew
and importune for its fulfillment when the political and economic
occasion in the region permits.
This is why "Israeli" policy wants to concentrate its
efforts towards the other Nile basin states, especially source states,
to encompass the Egyptian rejection. Zionist efforts were intensified to
achieve this goal after the failure of its old plans. Reports coming
since the beginning of the nineties prove that "Israel" is helping the
Nile sources states to build dams on the tributaries of the Nile in
order to plan new agricultural systems, which decreases the water
supplies flowing towards Egypt. As the diplomatic crises between
"Israel" and Egypt intensified in the middle of the nineties, an
"Israeli" foreign ministry department of planning report suggested to
punish Egypt if it continues adopting a negative stance towards
"Israel", in various forms, among which is putting on the multilateral
discussion agenda on the Nile waters; "Israel" had previously agreed on
accepting Egypt's demand not to consider the Nile waters as not a part
of the regional water resources, which are discussed in multilateral
negotiations.
The nineties saw dangerous trials to change international
legal basis for the distribution of rivers waters, completely new
concepts were introduced such as pricing of water and establishing a
bank and bourse for water. The project was based on American ideas and
those of the International Bank. The Egyptian political elite looks at
the American ideas in relation to the Nile sources with extreme caution;
because it is connected to supporting "Israeli" aims; the International
Bank's propounding of them does not make it an impartial party in
relation to the water crisis; because it adopts the interests of certain
parties such as "Israel", Ethiopia and Turkey, and just ignores that of
Arab parties.
This propound
fits the requirements of Turkey, Ethiopia and
"Israel" against the historical gotten rights of Arab states in the
basins of the Nile, Euphrates and the Tigris; thus the
only
solution for them - to avoid water wars - is to accept giving their
water reserves to "Israel", otherwise they will be denied their water
rights; and on the basis of these bargains "Israel" becomes a principal
and genuine partner in the development of water sources of the great
rivers in the region, through water allying with the sources states,
which shall require in this case linking between transporting the water
to "Israel", and cooperating with the river waterway and estuary
states.
"The Lakes"...
An "Israeli center of Barricading:
"Israel" moves around in the lakes plateau (which is the
source of 15% of the Nile waters) through a compilation of integrated
lines, and the "Israeli" policy relies on making use and
employing an integrated system of mechanisms and ways for its political
movement in the region, which encompass:
1-
Relying
on American help:
The United States is working hard on establishing spheres
of influence in the Nile sources states and central Africa to either
control Central Africa, or to get hold of major cards for the water
problems that are expected to explode in the region. This is in addition
to the new U.S. policy that broke out in the nineties to
confront African Islamic movements, and to encompass Sudan and Iranian
influence.
It is noted that the American policy gives utmost priority
to the Nile sources states; the group of new leaders patronized by both
the United States and "Israel" are the leaders of Uganda, Rwanda,
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Democratic Congo, Kenya, Tanzania and the popular
Army for the Liberation of Sudan.
The Zionist entity took a main role in the American/French competition
in central Africa. And in spite of the cordial "Israeli"/French
relations, Israel darted in secret maneuvers with Ethiopia, Eritrea,
Uganda and the Tutsi, overcoming France in favor of Washington. Later
years showed the extent of relations and strong influence of "Israeli"
intelligence, the "Mossad" have in the region as a result of the arms
transactions, and the evacuation of the Falasha, "Jewish" Ethiopians, to
occupied Palestine. "Israeli" interference angered France; so the French
intelligence organization published the details of the Zionist
activities in the lakes region in the French press.
2 - "Israel" took advantage of the Arab-African
conflicts:
"Israel" took advantage of the Somali/Ethiopian, Sudanese/
Ethiopian, Sudanese/Eritrean, and the Egyptian/Ethiopian conflicts to
reach its goals; and it is continuously instigating African states
against Arabs; to make the Nile basin states believe that they are
victims of injustice as a result of Arab extravagance use of water
sources; to be followed by "Israeli" economic and diplomatic support to
these states.
"Israel" works on straining tension between Arab and
African states through the ancient role of Arabs in slavery and
exhausting water sources. For example, after the rise in the prices of
oil, Joseph Nereri (the brother of the Tanzanian president) during a
parliament meeting in June 1974 to complete an agreement with Arabs by
the force of which a gallon of water will be sold at the price of a
gallon of oil as long as the river sources are in East Africa. In 1996
Uganda criticized Egypt and Sudan for using more then their requirement
of water, stressing on its right to use the water sources, it built dams
in the basin of lake Victoria to generate electricity. Also the Kenyan
paper, "The East African Standard” warned against the
disagreements between Kenya and Egypt due to problems of commerce, and
the Nile basin agreement from which Kenyans threatened to withdraw from.
3 - Water and agricultural cooperation:
"Israel" succeeded with American help to insure its control
on some irrigation projects in the lakes region, were it supplies
technical and technological assistance through Israeli companies in the
field of building dams. It presented detailed studies to Zaire
and Rwanda to build three dams, which is a part of a comprehensive
program to fully control the waters of the great lakes. "Israeli"
experts made soil tests in Rwanda, where "Israel's" special interest was
centered on "Kajera" river, which forms the border line between Rwanda
and Burundi to the north/East.
Uganda and "Israel" signed an agreement in March 2000
during the visit of a the "Israeli" ministry of agriculture delegation
led by the irrigation manager in the ministry, Moshe Don Gholin, stating
on building irrigation projects in areas affected by draught, and to
send a Ugandan delegation to complete the studies of the projects most
of which fall in the North of Uganda near its borders with Sudan and
Kenya. Waters flowing out of Lake Victoria will be used for these
projects, which shall result in decreasing water flow into the White
Nile.
The French language "Indian Ocean News Letter" wrote
in February of the same year: "'Israel' is interested in building
irrigation projects in the Ugandan district of Karamouja near its border
with Sudan, where 247 thousand of Ugandan hectares could be irrigated by
the use of two and a half billion cubic meters annually, while it
presently uses only 207 million cubic meters to irrigate 32 thousand
hectares.
The danger of Israel's presence in the upper Nile states is
not limited to help extended by its experts and technical cooperation
for projects as it is extended to economical and agricultural
cooperation by Zionist capital, with the purpose of acquisition of land
in the region pretending to be establishing projects on it, develop it
and building dams.
Commercial Relations
A commercial relation is one of the most important signs of
expansion of "Israeli" economical relations in Africa, where it shows a
fast and continuous expansion. There is a most prominent group of
African states that are the most prominent partners with "Israel": South
Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya.
It is to be noted that the increase of the importance of
some of the Nile basin states concerning "Israel's" international
commercial relations. As for Ethiopia, imports had doubled more than 30
times during the nineties, from 0.4 to 13.9 million dollars per year,
while its exports to Ethiopia had doubled only three times from 1.9 to
5.8 million dollars per annum.
"Israeli" imports from Kenya doubled two and half times
from 8.6 to 29.9 million dollars per annum, while "Israeli" exports to
this country doubled about twice from 14 million dollars to 29.3 million
dollars.
As for the Congo, "Israeli" imports from it amounted to one
million dollars after it was almost zero while 'Israeli" exports to it
increased from 0.9 to 5.2 million dollars per annum.
The Center of International Cooperation in the "Israeli"
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Moshav, headed by the deputy minister
is the body responsible for planning and executing means of
communication with African states. The "Moshav" was the major means of
communication with the prime officials in African states, in spite of
severance of diplomatic relations, as was the case with Keya, Zambia,
Tanzania and Ethiopia, as economical relations were stronger than
political relations.
One of the most outstanding activities that the "Moshav"
works on, is establishing farms, African/"Israeli" chambers of commerce,
and support in the fields of agriculture, health, education and economic
development, through cooperation in regional, international
organizations, foreign embassies and especially through American aid,
USAID, that was activated in the light of the Clinton initiative for
cooperation with Africa.
The "Moshav" activities are centered on certain groups such as leaders,
women, experts and young people who shall be the future's political
leaders. "Moshav" directs its efforts on Islamic and Arab groups, which
oppose normalization with "Israel; to gain their support in countries
such as Kenya, through granting donations for training to Moslems, and
open channels to get in contact with their leaders.
5 - Utilizing racial conflicts
Utilizing racial conflicts through establishing a strong
net work with certain groups on the account of others; among the most
important of them are the ruling Tutsi tribes in Rwanda and the Ugandan
regime. "Israeli" intelligence organizations enhances controversies
between the Tutsi and Hutu, and supplies arms to both parties together;
it is well known that the Zionist entity in Kigali, and the Zairian
armed forces.
"Israel's" role in utilizing racial conflicts in this
region is old; it supported the secessionist movement in southern Sudan
since its beginning, later it trained the cadres of the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Eritrea when signs of its victory became clear, It
also supported ruling regimes such as these of Uganda, and the Amharina
in Ethiopia, and worked on establishing new relations with "Camba" and
the "Killowi" in the frame work of its investment in Mombassa and
Nairobi.
There are fears in central Africa of national propensity
among the Tutsi tribes that spread in Burundi, southern Uganda (the
President of Uganda, Mousiviny, who originally belongs to the Tootsie)
East Zaire, Rwanda that is trying to fully control the region through
American/"Israeli" support, meaning the establishment of the great
Tootsie state, and the reshuffling of the regional and international
status in central Africa.
Support to Kabilla's forces - which the Tutsi forms its
back bone - to get hold of power in Zaire, from Eritrea and Ethiopia in
the African Horn up to Uganda and Rwanda in central Africa; and while
Uganda gave its military and political support, Rwanda gave its human
and military support, which had the main effect on Kabilla's victory,
and Muboto's defeat.
6 - Interference through Human Relief
The Zionist entity took advantage of civil
wars -especially in the Somal - and moved under a human cover, it
established many centers in the capital, Mogadishu, and in other
districts to extend help to the Somalis which is done by a fund
supported by the U.S. department of state and the Zionist International
Organization, the Zionist "Bnei Brit" organization, "Junit" organization
and other Zionist organizations in the United States. This center was
rehabilitated by 250 "Israeli" experts, who arrived in The Somal in
1992,
"Israel" tried to build relations with the leaders of the
Somali factions by trying to appease them with direct military, economic
and health help that were made through its participation in the second
conference for coordinating human assistance for the Somal held in Addis
Ababa in December 1992. And it sent search and rescue units after the
blowing up of U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es-Salaam in August
1998, along with medical and human support to Kenya and Tanzania.
7 - Military
Activity with the States of the Region:
Military assistance opened the door wide in front of
"Israel" in the Nile sources states, under the excuse of these states
need for arms to ensure their security and protection against coup
d'etats organized by internal and external enemies. "Israeli"
intelligence organizations extended inelegance services form its own
sources, or through Mossad sources in U.S. intelligence sources.
The
military
and security outlet played a vital role in
promoting these relations; due to African leaders need for military aid;
extremist
Marxist militant leaders allied with the Soviet Union, such as
Mangesto, resorted to "Israel" for military aid.
"Israeli" military exports to the region plays a vital role
in executing its foreign relations; it is connected to an
"Israeli" strategic and security vision, which aims at infiltrating in
the Nile sources states; which is in addition to their economic
importance, as military exports are considered as the main support for
the "Israeli" economy. Shlomo gazete, (former head of the military
intelligence) confirmed that "Israel" cooperated with a big number of
African states in the field of armament, such as Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya,
Liberia, South Africa and Cameroon.
"Israeli" activities
in the region Nile basin states varied between exporting military
equipment and arms, and obtaining military basis. Ethiopia received arms
from "Israel" against dislodging Falasha Jews. The tribes of the great
lakes area received various kinds of "Israeli" arms.
French
intelligence
reports said that "Israel" armed the armies of Rwanda and Burundi
with old
arms free of charge; to gain the friendship of the ruling regime and
penetrate in the great lakes region.
This is what "Israel" did - and it is still doing so to
titillate the senses of the upper and sources of the Nile states
rulers... But what did Arab states do to tickle their senses? And what
did they do to put an end to Zionist interference in an area that is
considered one of the most dangerous areas in relation to the water
security of the Arab nation and the Islamic world in the Nile basin
states?
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