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Vincent Lemire, « Water in Jerusalem at the End of the Ottoman Period (1850-1920) », Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem, ID : 10670/1.9z792t
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In the foreword to a report written at the end of the 1880s, the Ottoman engineer Franghia Bey stresses that “the suffering of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the main cause of which is the lack of water, has made public opinion rank water supply highest among all the issues which involve the Holy City for more than ten years; as the days go by, the need becomes more pressing, more urgent.” From its source in the nearby Gihon which supplied the city at its beginnings, to the distant Golan plate...