Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be filled. -saying originating from this region
This is mostly a request for action.
Whilst the water flows freely into the illegal Israeli settlements, Palestinian towns and villages are running dry. Act now.
Whilst the water flows freely into the illegal Israeli settlements, Palestinian towns and villages are running dry.
Israel has taken sole control of the Mountain Aquifer, the West Bank’s principal water supply, and is taking around 80% of it to supply either the illegal settlements or Israel itself. The average Israeli settler now uses around 400 litres of water a day, twenty times more than many of their Palestinian neighbours are forced to survive on. Israeli troops have destroyed rainwater cisterns and frequently confiscate water tankers, tractors and trailers used by Palestinians attempting to collect water from further away. Amnesty International
Villagers are unable to grow crops or feed their herds so it's a struggle for them to survive. In many areas, access to water is so severely restricted that they can't even grow small amounts of food to feed their families. It's a life-threatening situation.
Act now and end Israel’s discriminatory water policies.
Email Recipient:
Professor Shani
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture,
Food and Environment,
P.O. Box 12,
Rehovot 76100,
Israel.
Tel: 08-9489362;
Fax: 08-9475181
Above is from Amnesty International, and if you go to this website, you can fill out a demand that Palestinians be allowed their rights to water and food.
there is another way you can help. The Middle East Children's Alliance has been helping the children of the Middle East for over 20 years. YOU can make a donation to their Maia Project, to help provide Palestinian with safe, clean, drinking water.
Finally, some commentary:
On one side of a barbed-wire fence here in the southern Hebron hills is the Bedouin village of Umm al-Kheir, where Palestinians live in ramshackle tents and huts. They aren’t allowed to connect to the electrical grid, and Israel won’t permit them to build homes, barns for their animals or even toilets. When the villagers build permanent structures, the Israeli authorities come and demolish them, according to villagers and Israeli human rights organizations.
On the other side of the barbed wire is the Jewish settlement of Karmel, a lovely green oasis that looks like an American suburb. It has lush gardens, kids riding bikes and air-conditioned homes. It also has a gleaming, electrified poultry barn that it runs as a business. Elad Orian, an Israeli human rights activist, nodded toward the poultry barn and noted: "Those chickens get more electricity and water than all the Palestinians around here."Nick Kristof
I work for a day where Palestinians are allowed more rights than Israeli poultry. Even allowed their full human rights. In the meantime, we must ask the question. How is this Not Apartheid? and why is the US government supporting the current system?