“Inside Story” at al Jazeera’s program, “Palestine Water Shortage”: “We discuss the effect of Israel cutting water to Palestine and the political impact in the possible peace process in the region.” (24:12):
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Apartheid Report: ‘Israel Rations Palestinans to Trickle of Water’
Posted: 27 October 2009 by Editors in Palestine-IsraelTags: Amnesty International, apartheid, discrimination, Donatella Rovera, fascism, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, human rights, international law, Israel, Middle East, Mountain Aquifer, Netanyahu, Obama, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Operation Cast lead, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, racism, settlements, Shimon Peres, Troubled Waters, US, water rationing, West Bank, Zionism
“Troubled Waters—Palestinians Denied Fair Access to Water”, an Amnesty International report released Tuesday, finds the Israeli government’s water restrictions to Palestinians were discriminatory. Since its occupation of the West Bank in 1967, the government has expanded settlements to monopolize the water supply and has continues to maintain a blockade on the Gaza Strip for a third year. “Adding to an already dire situation, Israel’s war on Gaza early this year left water reservoirs, wells, sewage networks and pumping stations severely damaged,” al Jazeera reports (2:57):
