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The issue of water in the Middle East in general is one of the most complicated issues that we in the region have to deal with. A major part of the problem has to do with the distribution of water resources to Israel and our Arab neighbors in Jordan, Syria, and Palestinian areas. One of the most difficult aspects of our water rights deals with the fact that because water is such a precious resource in the area, many may argue it is as precious as the oil that is found in other Middle Eastern countries. The political arguments and sovereignty issues complicate the matter a hundred fold. Water rights and political rights are intertwined. We cannot look at one with out considering the other. No equitable solution to the problems can be reached without a level of political cooperation. Thus, the subject of water rights has become more than a little brackish in this area, an issue that is essential to resolve. This paper addresses some of our ministry’s early attempts at solving the crisis, some of our present modes of distributing the water, the political aspects of the issue, and concludes with suggested equitable solutions to the crisis. Water conflicts reach back as far as Old Testament times. Abraham and Isaac had their quarre