Palestinian villages and cities across the occupied West Bank are suffering from severe water shortages, while the illegal settlements that surround them are flourishing, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported yesterday.
Describing the situation in the West Bank, Haaretz wrote: “Across the dusty villages of the occupied West Bank, where Israeli water pipes don’t reach, date palms have been left to die. Greenhouses are empty and deserted.”
Haaretz: Palestinian taps run dry as settlers fill their pools
A Jewish settler family swims in the water of the natural spring of Ein Al-AUJA in the occupied Jordan Valley West Bank on 24 June 2020 [Amir Levy/Getty Images]