If Settler Violence Wasn't Enough, Israel Is Now Depriving Jordan Valley Palestinians of Water

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1. I've been reading about Israel's depredations on Palestinians for years.

They established open-air prisons in Gaza and the West Bank, then gave violent settlers the right, supported by a rabid IDF, to take Palestinians’ lands and simply kill them if they objected or fought back. Palestinians have few rights. Israel controls their water, though a few of them have wells. It is a favorite tactic of the settlers to prison the wells so Palestinians have to abandon the property of find fresh water elsewhere every day. I read several years ago that Israel limited the amount of water for each person in Gaza to the equivalent of one 16 ounce bottle per day—for all uses. Gazans used salty water for showers, washing clothes, etc., because the underground aquifers could not support over 2 million people.

Israel made Gaza and the West Bank interment camps for Palestinians. Most of the world just ignored their mistreatment and their continuing illegal taking of Palestinian lands. I hope this current cisis finally results in real change for the Palestinians.