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'No Life without Water': Settler Attacks Threaten West Bank Communities
WEST BANK, JUL 20 – Palestinian communities face worsening water shortages as Israeli settlers damage key water infrastructure serving 110,000 people, with only 36% of West Bank Palestinians having daily running water.
- Settler attacks have temporarily cut off the water supply to nearby villages, which rely on the Ein Samiyah spring, according to a local spokesperson.
- Rafeaa Qasim stated, "For years now, no one has been planting because the water levels have decreased."
- The broken pipeline prevents water from being pumped to villages that depend on the Ein Samiyah spring, affecting their water availability.
- B'Tselem reported in 2023 that there are sharp disparities in water access within the West Bank between Palestinians and Israelis.
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’No life without water’: settler attacks threaten West Bank
From his monitoring station on a remote hill in the occupied West Bank, water operator Subhil Olayan keeps watch over a lifeline for Palestinians, the Ein Samiyah spring. So when Israeli settlers recently attacked the system of wells, pumps and pipelines he oversees, he knew the stakes. "There is no life without water, of course", he said, following the attack which temporarily cut off the water supply to nearby villages. The spring, which feeds…
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