Israel is currently experiencing its fourth consecutive year of drought. The drought is so bad that last winter’s rainfall was only 65 percent of the long-term average. Even though the main pipeline transporting water from the Sea of Galilee to the rest of the nation was closed for part of the year, the water level in the sea has dropped close to the danger line. Meanwhile, the Jordan River has been reduced to a comparative trickle.

The water shortage crisis has escalated to the point where the Israeli government is now spending an additional 120 million shekels (us$37 million) on improving water conservation and 915 million shekels (us$282 million) on improving water recycling for agricultural usage. Government members are also calling for the production of more desalination plants in order to more effectively utilize Israel’s salt-water resources.

The main aquifer that feeds many of Israel’s wells lies under the West Bank, and approximately one third of Israel’s fresh water comes from rain, snow and natural springs in the Golan Heights. Ironically enough, it is during this current water crisis that the Olmert administration has put both the West Bank and the Golan Heights on the negotiating table.

Israel has been fair in divvying up its diminishing water resources between the Jews and the Palestinians in the country. If the West Bank becomes a Palestinian state and the Golan Heights is annexed to Syria, Israel’s Arab enemies will not be near so benevolent in ensuring that Israel gets the water it needs.

Weather-related crises are getting more frequent and more devastating, not just in America and Britain, but also in Israel. These three nations are linked together by culture, by history, and by a past knowledge of God’s law. Rejecting that law in all three nations has led to these weather-related crises.

For more information on the strong ties that once bound America, Britain and Israel together, read “Band of Brothers” by Stephen Flurry, and Herbert W. Armstrong’s book The United States and Britain in Prophecy.