Arava Institute: Water Knows No Borders

The Israeli / Palestinian battle for water…

Expedition: Blue Planet with Alexandra Cousteau

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This video is 2 years old and will always be heart breaking.

A highly distressed five-year-old Palestinian boy sees his father arrested for stealing water and dragged away by soldiers.

 Hashem Abu Maria, of the Defence For Children International charity, said it was obvious the child thought his father would never return.

CLEAN WATER FOR ALL. TAKE THE POLITICS & THE POLLUTION OUT OF WATER.

A devastating portrait of Israel’s stranglehold over Palestinian water resources.  Stark figures present that three million Palestinians who live in the West Bank only have access to 15 per cent of the water contained in the aquifers beneath their territory.

Drying up Palestine: http://www.dryinguppalestine.org

The full documentary is available at The House of Water and Environment (HWE): http://www.hwe.org.ps/Vedio/Vedios.aspx

The humanitarian impact of the takeover of Palestinian water springs by Israeli settlers

This film reports that 56 water springs in the West Bank in the vicinity of Israeli settlements  have become the target of settler activities. Three-quarters of the springs are reportedly taken-over and Palestinians have been deterred from accessing the area by acts of threat and intimidation

For more information including a map of the concerning water springs, please click here: http://www.ochaopt.org/results.aspx?cx=014863140215069478854%3A9rq_pupjc4c&am…

ISRAELI PALESTINIAN WATER WARS IN JORDAN VALLEY 

A recent French parliamentary report compares the distribution of water in the West Bank and in the Jordan Valley in particular to a form of apartheid. It states that the 450 000 Israelis living there consume 222 million m3 of water per year Vs the 70million m3 that the 2,3 million Palestinians use. Local NGO’s accuse of Israeli authority of using security considerations to justify this situation. Meanwhile the Jordan River has lost 98% of its original flow, is running dry in certain place and polluted in others.