Was a July water agreement between Israel and the PA a sign of better times to come? Shaddad Attili, former PA Minister of Water, doesn't think so. "Even when the parties were agreed in principle on a project, Israel used its power to force Palestinians to accept less than what is fair," he writes.
Be sure to watch the three videos imbedded in the article; they will give you a deeper understanding of the water situation for Palestinians.
Politics of water: Stealing Palestinian resources
![A Palestinian woman bathes her son with water from a tank filled by a charity inside their dwelling in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2017. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e619ec59827e4b8476aa75/1505788196223-DJYOSSNO7IEGI5UBXNVC/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kHUzxcQwd2DgHE3KO6VtZClZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZamWLI2zvYWH8K3-s_4yszcp2ryTI0HqTOaaUohrI8PIjemT7TLA_6Za-g0iyqDFHfh0kLGIF9yLJqKkHdIutdkKMshLAGzx4R3EDFOm1kBS/36bbfabd821f4c6abaf360555ed60e73_18.jpg)
A Palestinian woman bathes her son with water from a tank filled by a charity inside their dwelling in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2017. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]