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Israel accused of denying Palestinians access to water
Donald Macintyre
London
Independent
Tuesday, Oct 27th, 2009
Israel is accused today of denying the West Bank
and Gaza access to adequate water through a "total"
and "discriminatory" control that enables its own
people to consume four times as much as the Palestinians.
An Amnesty International report paints a picture of many Palestinian
families struggling – and often failing – to secure
enough water for drinking, cleaning, and agriculture while Israelis,
including residents of Jewish settlements in the West Bank,
have all they need for lush, irrigated farmland, swimming pools
and gardens.
Amnesty also suggests that taxpayers in countries who donate
aid to the Palestinians are facing unnecessarily high costs
to meet severe water shortages because their governments are
unwilling to challenge "the most unreasonable" restrictions
imposed by Israel on Palestinian access to the regionally scarce
resource.
It claims the 450,000 settlers who have taken up residence
in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since the Six-Day War in
1967 consume as much as or more than the 2.3 million Palestinians
living in the West Bank. It says the overall Palestinian per
capita consumption of 70 litres per day compares with the WHO
recommended level of 100 litres and Israeli consumption of 300.
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