“Israel’s” Apartheid on Water Must Stop!
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The head of the Palestinian Water Authority on Tuesday said the international community must act on "Israel's apartheid" water policy in the West Bank.
In January, the French parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee issued a report which found that "Israel's" water policy constituted "a weapon serving the new apartheid." It noted that Jewish settlers used more than five times as much water as Palestinians and were given priority during droughts.
PWA chief Shaddad Attili said the World Bank, the UN and other international organizations had issued similar reports on "Israel's" denial of Palestinian water rights.
Growing awareness must be translated into international pressure on "Israel" to end its water apartheid, Attili said in a statement.
""Israel" controls all the water resources in the occupied West Bank. It exploits these resources for near exclusive "Israeli" use, allocating a mere fraction of the available water supply to Palestinians. While "Israelis" enjoy some of the highest water consumption rates in the world, Palestinians continue to face a series of crippling water shortages artificially engineered by Israel as a matter of policy," Attili said.
"This includes its systematic demolition of Palestinian rainwater harvesting cisterns and wells used as a means to forcibly displace Palestinian communities who depend on them for their basic water needs. The number of demolitions continues to increase, with at least 25 Palestinian wells and 32 Palestinian cisterns demolished in 2011 alone."
Source: Maan News agency, edited by moqawama.org
The head of the Palestinian Water Authority on Tuesday said the international community must act on "Israel's apartheid" water policy in the West Bank.
In January, the French parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee issued a report which found that "Israel's" water policy constituted "a weapon serving the new apartheid." It noted that Jewish settlers used more than five times as much water as Palestinians and were given priority during droughts.
PWA chief Shaddad Attili said the World Bank, the UN and other international organizations had issued similar reports on "Israel's" denial of Palestinian water rights.
Growing awareness must be translated into international pressure on "Israel" to end its water apartheid, Attili said in a statement.
""Israel" controls all the water resources in the occupied West Bank. It exploits these resources for near exclusive "Israeli" use, allocating a mere fraction of the available water supply to Palestinians. While "Israelis" enjoy some of the highest water consumption rates in the world, Palestinians continue to face a series of crippling water shortages artificially engineered by Israel as a matter of policy," Attili said.
"This includes its systematic demolition of Palestinian rainwater harvesting cisterns and wells used as a means to forcibly displace Palestinian communities who depend on them for their basic water needs. The number of demolitions continues to increase, with at least 25 Palestinian wells and 32 Palestinian cisterns demolished in 2011 alone."
Source: Maan News agency, edited by moqawama.org
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