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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/16/science/16RIVE.html
Arabs and Israelis Repair a Wreck of a River
(New York Times) Martin Rosenberg - For years, the Alexander River, flowing through Jewish and Palestinian towns in Israel's narrow midsection, carried an angry stew of human waste, stone-cutting debris, and the detritus from olive and sesame production. Now the 20-mile-long river, really a stream that could be bounded in two or three leaps, is being restored, with Israelis and Palestinians working together without fanfare at the local level.