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Ethiopia has for a long time been in the impossible position of trying to draw enough water from the Blue Nile. Mythic river, it bathes many countries with its waters & represents the historic heart of a region of 30 million Christians. Egypt & the Sudan, & before them Great Britain, have never let Ethiopia exercise the slightest power over the strategic decisions concerning the river & the countries that lie downstream. The demographic stakes in Ethiopia & the imperatives that arise from ensuring agricultural profitability, have changed the historical constraints on the nation & may lead to a water war. The conditions in the Nile Basin are being addressed through initiatives such as the Initiative of the Nile Basin as well as the intervention of third countries such as France. These may or may not be able to reverse the current destructive spiral. The current rapprochement between Ethiopia & Israel in the domain of water is viewed with suspicion by neighboring Arab countries. D. Knaff