Israel and Gaza have been torn apart by missile strikes this week, but Gazau2019s rapidly depleting aquifer is about to make things even more precarious.
That Israel has intimidated the BBC into presenting the theft of Palestinian land and the torture of its people as an intractable conflict between equals.
A six-day negotiation led by Egypt neared a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, but optimism for the ceasefire has now turned to uncertainty.