Middle East Crossword

3. Ancient system of underground and surface canals.
5. A member of a movement to promote the establishment of an independent Jewish state.
6. Process that preserves precious water resources.
9. Process of removing salt from seawater for drinking and irrigation.
10. Run without religious influence.
11. A set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text.
12. Lawlessness.
13. Citizen army.
14. The right to decide their own political future.
16. Independence.
18. Comprises a country's basic support facilities.
20. The systematic killing or intentional destruction of a people.

1. The statement made by Arthur Balfour in 1917 of British support for the setting up of a national home for the Jews in Palestine.
2. The desire of a cultural group to rule themselves as a separate nation.
4. Ruler.
7. An arc of rich land.
8. A severe restriction on trade with other countries.
9. The extension of the desert landscape through the activities of people and livestock as well as climatic changes.
11. The language of Iran.
15. Conservative religious leaders.
17. Referred to land to be governed by an outside power on behalf of the league of nations until it was ready for independence.
19. A rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands.