Israel is facing a water crisis that officials describe as worse than that experienced during the 1990-1991 drought, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz said in an editorial Sunday. “For the first time, there is an imminent threat to the supply of drinking water, which is liable to be realized as early as next year,” the newspaper said, adding that the shortage will also have a “severe effect” on the ecology of Israel.
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