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Israel Denies Palestinians Access to Water

Amnesty International has accused the Israeli government of preventing Palestinians from receiving enough water in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel controls much of the West Banks water supplies, pumping from an aquifer that bridges Israel and the territory. Amnesty Internationals Donatella Rovera called on Israel to distribute the regions water resources in a fair manner.

Donatella Rovera: Palestinians are having access to four times less water than Israelis, and for some Palestinian communities its ten times less water for the Palestinians than the Israelis. To put an end to the situation where Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories, which are unlawful under international law, have swimming pools and green lawns and irrigated fields, and the Palestinians do not have enough water even for drinking and for basic domestic needs.