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Why can’t you drink the water in the wettest country in the Middle East?

Lebanon’s geography means it’s blessed with water but in the capital Beirut and its surroundings areas, more than 1.5 million people suffer from serious water shortages.

The government says it’s doing all it can to improve water supplies but many people think it’s not enough.

Middle East correspondent Martin Patience gets to the source of the country’s water crisis.

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  1. @kimdomain3385

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    isis took everything from money to equipment from them. saudi same way displayed great force facilitating further they killed hostages in islam u must free captives at the end of the days battle. i wont tell u how to fight habib but fight. na3am qatil fisabililah

  2. @naughtykid8850

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    lebanon hasnt got the know how to protect itself in the 21st century. it is fairness to those who claim it. lebanon is waiting n buying grain from ukraine. spending money when they could b stealing it. last boat shouldnt have gone back. it should have been siezed as a message. as uk fights russia l8 lebanon will be next 4 russia. it was key. goodbye

  3. @dammedwater6058

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    war is profitable. perhaps its whats needed to stimulate the economy. perhaps israel? finaly?

  4. @emiliobello2429

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Lebanon needs to do something

  5. @user-rw5jb2on5y

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    In Europe and elsewhere, governments are paying colossal sums to big corporations to help them avert bankruptcy. Whether they call it a “rescue package” or “quantitative easing,” in the end it’s all the same: the government pays companies to stay operative.

    I don’t think it will work in the long run. It may keep companies afloat for another six months or a year, but as a rule, a government, any government, cannot sustain companies that cannot sustain themselves. In the end, the situation will blow up in a blast that will be worse than what it would have happened had the government let them fall naturally.

    There is more to it than that. I don’t believe that a government can do anything good for its people. Civil servants, ministers, and deputy ministers always pull their own way and have their own interests in mind. Since everyone is inherently selfish, everyone has an ulterior motive that is not for the benefit of the public.

    We cannot expect selfish people to do unselfish acts; it is like asking a tiger to become vegetarian. If it goes against nature and it won’t work. Therefore, asking people whose only focus is their own career to focus on other people’s well-being is unwise, unrealistic, and will invariably fail.

    Socialists, capitalists, far right, or far left, they are all immersed in egoism. It is not their fault; it is human nature, and we should adjust our expectation from our leaders.

    If we want a real and lasting positive change, we must transform human nature. Since our nature is selfish to the core, changing it is the only way out of the crises that the world is falling into nowadays. We will fall deeper and deeper until we realize that the problem is not the fuel we burn, the forests we cut, the water we pollute, or the people we kill. The problem is the cause of all those harms we are inflicting on nature and on each other: our inherent self-absorption. When we start working on changing ourselves rather than demanding everything and everyone else to change, we might be able to save ourselves before it is too late.

  6. @reanbarazi6615

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Lebanese people so intelligent the country so beautiful but the government should go to hell

  7. @mltmlt8667

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    The diaspora of Lebanon should be a resilient as the on of Egypt the need to contribute and sacrifice more

  8. @segevkrespi8609

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    20th century wars: about oil, land and ideology.
    21st century wars: WATER

  9. @johnbroadbelt

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Think very hard when breeding

  10. @urbanbeliever8528

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Sigh, Lebanon.

  11. @Squeaks-ii

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Just be careful if they do build the dam. The water also needs to go to the sea and filter there to help the wildlife. Take California as an example.

  12. @livelyhood2963

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Is there anything that's not a crisis in Lebanon

  13. @sparksmacoy

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Corruption is like a nuclear weapon against the ordinary person.

  14. @nithinjoseph5703

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Population, terrorism and corruption are the main problems in these countries … As they reduce their population, terrorism and violence will automatically decrease … More people will get better education and better jobs … Decreasing population will help everyone …. They will get Water and food they need

  15. @redhotchilibitch

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    What is this shit report?

  16. @muhammadm4582

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Lebanese… protect your family with bitcoin and litecoin.

  17. @ProudIsraeliAmerican

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    It’s a shame, their government should not have wasted all these years hating Israel and instead asked for their help in water management. Israel offered their help to South Africa as their water was disappearing and they refused. Israel recycles 87% of their sewage water. For those that hate Israel, hope that hate satisfies your thirst better than water.

  18. @Thunder-qq8fk

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    But they only think about islam , they don't have the time about environment

  19. @kenkishi8042

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    After watching this video , I’ve become to feel guilty when I take a shower. The water is clean and drinkable.

  20. @babaeromax8913

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    almost the same as the palestine issues.. the first thing terrorist israhell done is food supply..

  21. @im11000

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Lebanese politicians are the most corrupted in the 🌎

  22. @lfeb

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Build the damn dummies!

  23. @lfeb

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    That's awful. It looks so beautiful, what an adorable baby

  24. @Abraham_Tsfaye

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Run out of toilet paper? Just use Lebanese currency.

    Lebanon has no natural resources & no money.

    Lebanon is finished. Just forget about it.

  25. @tonyarodriguez7408

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Sweet baby

  26. @ayubaalim2201

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    water crisis

  27. @sally5190

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Nestle

  28. @libertyismyindefeasiblerig3838

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    water is ubiquitous yet a luxury for a many. Why?
    'I ' don't care about 'you '

  29. @mrAZcardinal

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Sorry, did he just say LABenon?

  30. @elvinl.490

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    The main issue (and not only in Lebanon) must be overpopulation and destruction of the environment.

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    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am



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  32. @minekorkmaz6447

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

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  33. @LoverOFhopeANDcompassion

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Govt useless since 1920 when French left. Reflects the people : snobs screwing snobs selfish stuckup yet i miss my birth country. I get respect by material assets i have.

  34. @jenni431

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    When all your resources are spent on rockets and missiles??!!! Water for the poor? Nah….

  35. @stellarocquie7957

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Support Legislation in the U.S. to BAN COURT ORDERED RAPE.

  36. @elieyounes

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Water and electricity can be provided continuously in Lebanon, but only with the approval and bribing of politicians. What a shame!

  37. @sohaawwad8384

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    I don't know where to start:
    1. Lebanon has so many problems to even list them.
    2. The dam was to be built on a earthquake line, on a callous land, hindiring it water collection ability. I donno why it was not mention. To hell with scientific reporting I guess.
    3. The president want the Lebanese youth to leave, saying that whoever is not content with the situation can immigrate.
    4. It is a MADHOUSE. Toxic water is the least of our concerns. Maybe it is time for us to die as a nation, as a people.

  38. @fives4917

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    A close relative has the same issue, the water he receives is so toxic he has to buy a gallon of bottled water to bathe his baby. Its truly sad. He bought some filters so hopefully that works out!

  39. @yousefkhayeri8789

    January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Make more babies !!!!!

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