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://static1.squarespace.com/static/56e619ec59827e4b8476aa75/t/59c08123f14aa13d632b7661/1505788268325/36bbfabd821f4c6abaf360555ed60e73_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]