A World Bank report recently indicated that Israelis have access to four times as much water as Palestinians due to restrictions imposed by Israel. A more accurate way of phrasing the cause is, “due to theft.” Details in the The Real News video.
After the World Bank issued a report commissioned by the Palestinian Authority on the condition of water accessibility in the West Bank, Israel claimed the report’s authors are biased. To understand the conditions on the ground, how they’ve been addressed, and whether the so-called peace process succeeded in addressing them, The Real News spoke to the LifeSource Project, a non-profit organization focusing solely on the issue of water. Susan Koppelman and Taysir Arabasi told The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky that the Mountain Aquifer, the biggest supply of fresh underground water is pumped by Israel even though it lies almost entirely in the West Bank. They also spoke about restrictions on Palestinians to dig water wells, and their dependence on the Israeli national water corporation, Mekorot.
So, the West Bank water supply has been colonized along with the land. Who would have guessed it?
Source: CommonDreams.Org
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/08/24
