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We post this letter in the spirit of solidarity and the acknowledgement that the Standing Rock Sioux tribe recently won a major victory when the court found that the approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline violated the law. (June 14, Earthjustice.org)
The Nakba.
The Oslo process in 1995 established a joint Israeli-Palestinian Water Committee which sounded good on paper if the small print was ignored. In practice it kept control of West Bank water resources in Israel’s hands by giving it a veto over how water was to be used and distributed. Having been repeatedly blocked in its requests for permits to build its water infrastructure as Israeli settlements expanded, the Palestinian Water Authority suspended its participation in the Committee in 2010.
But now its meetings are being resumed. Why now? Apparently the US and other countries have pushed for this resumption, which could mean that in the months to come there will be at least a token increase in the amount of water Palestinians have access to. A likely US motive? To make the Occupation more sustainable. Read more:
Image by Hugo Goodridge/Al-Monitor
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"What role, if any, do international humanitarian law and international water law have for protecting Palestinian human rights, and the rights of victims of armed conflict and occupation more broadly when it comes to water?"
"The Palestinian water crisis is both a symptom of the Israeli occupation, and a tool used to maintain it."
