A River runs through it

mo from New Phoenicia has a very interesting and informative analysis on Israel's quest for water and the coveted Litani in south Lebanon.

The Litani River, whose entire flow is within the borders of Lebanon, rises in the northern Bekaa Valley and runs southward to where Beaufort Castle used to stand, where it turns westward, to the Mediterranean Sea.

Since the inception of the Zionist movement, the Litani has been considered vital for the survival of the then planned state of Israel.