News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| about 1 month ago
The report published by the rights group claims that Israel is preventing the Palestinians access to water, limits the developments of water sources, and implements discriminatory policies on the issue. (Roni Sofer)
News Source: IRIN
| about 1 month ago
It's a hot September day in the desert hills of South Mount Hebron in the West Bank, an hour’s drive south of Jerusalem...Water from local Palestinian suppliers in the nearby Palestinian towns of Yata and Hebron can cost 50 NIS (US$13) per cubic...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 month ago
Amnesty International has accused Israel of allocating Jewish settlers in the West Bank four times as much water as Palestinians. Palestinians Denied Fair Access To Water , the human rights organisation says Israel uses 80 per cent of the water from...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
Israel's Water Authority says it wasn't consulted as part of critical report by Amnesty International on water allocation between Israelis and Palestinians. Amnesty's report slammed Israel for taking 80 percent of the water from an underground...
News Source: Financial Times
| about 1 month ago
The human rights group finds that Palestinians consume an average of 70 litres of water a day – for drinking, washing, agriculture and all other uses. That is less than the 100 litres recommended by the World Health Organisation, and substantially...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
In a report, the human rights group says Israeli water restrictions discriminate against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. It says that in Gaza, Israel's blockade has brought the water and sewage system to "crisis point"...Amnesty says that...