One of the side-lights of this passage is the stopping up of thge wells. I am reminded of wells Isaac redug , his father's wells. But it makes sense that depriving a desert people of water is lethal. Water is weaponized and has been. This from Google:
The "Water Conflict Chronology" is a log of 925 water conflicts, large and small, stretching back to the days of the Babylonian king Hammurabi. It is not, by any means, exhaustive and the conflicts listed vary from full blown wars to disputes between neighbours. But what they reveal is that the relationship between water and conflict is a complex one.
One of the side-lights of this passage is the stopping up of thge wells. I am reminded of wells Isaac redug , his father's wells. But it makes sense that depriving a desert people of water is lethal. Water is weaponized and has been. This from Google:
The "Water Conflict Chronology" is a log of 925 water conflicts, large and small, stretching back to the days of the Babylonian king Hammurabi. It is not, by any means, exhaustive and the conflicts listed vary from full blown wars to disputes between neighbours. But what they reveal is that the relationship between water and conflict is a complex one.
fascinating. And, alas, we have likely not seen nothing yet..