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  1. Inst. Angew. Geologie, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

    Heinz Hötzl

  2. Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany

    Peter Möller

  3. Tel Aviv University, 39040 P.O. Box, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel

    Eliahu Rosenthal

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Hötzl, H., Guttman, J., Salameh, E., Tamimi, A. (2009). State of water strategy and policy. In: Hötzl, H., Möller, P., Rosenthal, E. (eds) The Water of the Jordan Valley. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77757-1_25

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