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Israel-OPT: Palestinians to face water shortages this summer – rights group

July 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Palestinians in the West Bank consume far less water than people in Israel, but they are likely to face a shortage this summer, the Israeli human rights group B’tselem has warned.

“The chronic water shortage results in large part from Israel’s discriminatory policy in distributing the joint water resources in the West Bank, and the limits it places on the Palestinian Authority’s ability to drill new wells,” B’tselem said in a new position paper.

Read more: IRIN, 3 Jul 2008

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