Last month, Israel and Jordan signed a declaration of intent for a water-for-energy deal, where Jordan would build export 600 megawatts of power generated by new solar generators in the desert, and Israel providing 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water.
Today, the deal was debated in the Jordanian parliament, where it was opposed by many. There were complaints that Jordan should investigate other alternatives rather than deal with Israel.
The most insane comment came from representative Suleiman Abu Yahya, who said: “There are two reasons for announcing this treaty, the first is the announced lack of water, and the second is our possession of a power source, and the enemy’s possession of a water source. But the occupation does not have any energy problem, and it is possible that they put poison in the water coming to us. We cannot trust the water coming from the occupation.”
Jews poisoning the wells? Sounds familiar.
It sounds like Mr. Abu Yahya does not trust his own government to test the water that its people would drink. If a member of Parliament doesn’t trust his own water authority with something so basic, it would probably be a good idea to only drink bottled water when visiting Jordan.
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