Islam Times - Israel’s exploitation continues in occupied Golan Heights

Islam Times - The exploitation of Lake Masada in northern Golan was started in 1968 by an Israeli water company. About 1100 acres were confiscated for this company in the area around the lake, allowing Israelis to pump half a million cubic meters of its water annually and divert it to the Israeli settlements in the occupied Golan Heights.

Observers say Israeli policies have deprived the people in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights of their natural and inalienable rights. Experts say pumping the waters of Lake Masada is an economic and environmental disaster for the occupied area and is the clear violation of the Security Council resolution 465, which called for the protection of the natural resources of the territories under Israeli occupation.

Israel’s water companies have said Israel receives one third of its water for both irrigation and drinking needs from the occupied Golan Heights and Mount Hermon.

Analysts say the suffering of the people in the occupied Golan Heights sees no sign of coming to an end as long as Israel’s occupation and its strategic control over major resources in the occupied territory continue.