Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I taua wā, i karanga a Hiria me ngā fedayeen Pirihitia kia whakahoutia te Pakanga Arapi-Israeli o te tau 1948
, engari ko etahi atu whenua Arapi (ko Ihipa i raro i a Gamal Abdel Nasser) i whakaaro ehara i te wa tika ki te patu. Engari, i whakaae rātau ki te rautaki whawhai kore-hoia o te huri i te wai mai i te Awa o Horano kia kore ai a Iharaira e whakamahi. I huaina tēnei whakarereketanga ko te Mahere Whakatikatika i te Punawai o te 1964. I takahi ki nga tono taketake i whakaaetia mo te Awa o Horano e Iharaira me nga Arapi i te Mahere Johnston Kotahitanga 1955, e mohiotia ana ko te Mahere Wai Kotahitanga o te Jordan Valley. Koinei tētahi o ngā take i puta ai te Pakanga o ngā Rā Ono i te tau 1967.