So Israel Steals Water,

[docmauser1]

The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis | B'Tselem

"B'Tselem" are good at b'fiction, of course.

Do your own research.. Its goes back 60 years and many American Universities have published their studies. I cannot help it if you are stupid.

Is it another global warming stuff?

 

[Shaarona]

"B'Tselem" are good at b'fiction, of course.

Do your own research.. Its goes back 60 years and many American Universities have published their studies. I cannot help it if you are stupid.

Is it another global warming stuff?

Has NOTHING to do with global warming.. It has to do with bad management of water assets for the past 60 years.

I was studying it decades before the internet existed.

 

[Victory67]

The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis | B'Tselem

"B'Tselem" are good at b'fiction, of course.

Are you going to show some integrity and support why you think their data is wrong, or just be a jerk and disregard it out of hand.

 

[docmauser1]

Do your own research.. Its goes back 60 years and many American Universities have published their studies. I cannot help it if you are stupid.

Is it another global warming stuff?

Has NOTHING to do with global warming.. It has to do with bad management of water assets for the past 60 years. I was studying it decades before the internet existed.

Now we know who's responsible for water shortage in California!

 

[docmauser1]

The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis | B'Tselem

"B'Tselem" are good at b'fiction, of course.

Are you going to show some integrity and support why you think their data is wrong, or just be a jerk and disregard it out of hand.

B'Tselem b'forgers do it for me.

 

[aris2chat]

The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis
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Published: 1 Jan 2014


The discrimination in utilization of the resources shared by Israel and the Palestinian Authority is clearly reflected in the figures on water consumption by each population.

Daily per capita water consumption in the West Bank for domestic, urban, and industrial use is some 73 liters. In areas in the northern West Bank, consumption is much lower. In 2008, per capita daily consumption was 44 liters in the Jenin area and 37 liters in the Tubas area.

There is a huge disparity between Israeli and Palestinian consumption. Per capita water consumption in Israeli towns is 242 liters and in local councils, 211 liters. In other words, per capita use in Israel is three and a half times higher than in the West Bank.

The World Health Organization and the United States Agency for International Development recommend 100 liters of water per capita per day as the minimum quantity for basic consumption.

This amount includes, in addition to domestic use, consumption in hospitals, schools, businesses, and other public institutions. Palestinian daily consumption is one-third less than the recommended


The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis | B'Tselem

Defective pipes, lack of connections to water, loss of water ..... these are problems the PA should be dealing with. It is there responsibility.

Israel is recycling water and the palestinians know about but continue to loose nearly 30% of their water because of poor management.

 

[Coyote]

The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis
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Published: 1 Jan 2014


The discrimination in utilization of the resources shared by Israel and the Palestinian Authority is clearly reflected in the figures on water consumption by each population.

Daily per capita water consumption in the West Bank for domestic, urban, and industrial use is some 73 liters. In areas in the northern West Bank, consumption is much lower. In 2008, per capita daily consumption was 44 liters in the Jenin area and 37 liters in the Tubas area.

There is a huge disparity between Israeli and Palestinian consumption. Per capita water consumption in Israeli towns is 242 liters and in local councils, 211 liters. In other words, per capita use in Israel is three and a half times higher than in the West Bank.

The World Health Organization and the United States Agency for International Development recommend 100 liters of water per capita per day as the minimum quantity for basic consumption.

This amount includes, in addition to domestic use, consumption in hospitals, schools, businesses, and other public institutions. Palestinian daily consumption is one-third less than the recommended


The Gap in Water Consumption between Palestinians and Israelis | B'Tselem

Defective pipes, lack of connections to water, loss of water ..... these are problems the PA should be dealing with. It is there responsibility.

Israel is recycling water and the palestinians know about but continue to loose nearly 30% of their water because of poor management.

That's only part of the problem - the problem is with both sides and only cooperation will solve it.

There are other factors at play that are not under Palestinian control: Water concerns | JPost | Israel News

* In large part, the failure of the Palestinian water system is directly related to the Oslo Accord’s problematic legacy, particularly the demarcation of the West Bank into Areas A, B and C. To prevent Palestinian farmers from stealing water, for instance, Palestinians authorities need access to Area C, because most farmland is located there. But since Area C is under complete Israeli civilian and military control, they do not have that access. And it is not the job of the IDF to serve as police. As a result, water theft is rampant.​

How are the Palestinians responsible for this when they have no access to or control of the areas they need?

* The construction of sewage treatments plants, which would enable Palestinians to rely less on potable water for agriculture, also depends on Israeli permission, since these plants must be built partly or entirely in Area C, which makes up more than 60 percent of the West Bank, and includes most of the unpopulated areas.​

Are they getting this permission or not getting it?

* Projects funded by Germany – Schulz’s country – France, the US and the World Bank have run into obstacles as a result of disputes and red tape. For instance, Israel has demanded that sewage treatment plants funded by international donors in places such as Salfit, near Ariel, serve Jewish settlements as well as Palestinian ones. Palestinians and their donors reject this proposal.​

Why should they be required to serve Jewish settlements? When infrastructure is put in for Jewish settlements, are they required to also serve nearby Palestinian villages? Israel recieves a great deal in donations from the Jewish and Christian communities worldwide - is there a requirement that these funds be used as well to serve Palestinian communities? Or, is this demand one sided?

*Israel has also demanded that the sewage treatment plants meet standards so high even some Israeli plants do not meet them. This has resulted in a sharp increase in construction and management expenses. The result is that large quantities of raw sewage continue to flow, untreated, into riverbeds, endangering groundwater sources and health.​

Why must Palestinian sewage treatment plants meet higher standards than existing Israeli plants? The end result seems to create a situation in which it is too expensive to build so there is no treatment plant and raw sewage polluting water sources.

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*The Joint Water Committee, an Israeli-Palestinian body created under the Oslo Accords to mediate, has proven ineffectual since all decisions must be approved by the IDF’s Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria.'​

What's the hold up here? Are decisions not being approved? Why?

 

[Hossfly]

Since when do Occupied people require permission from the Occupier to drill water wells?

Such a Colonialist attitude.

You have it all wrong, Sis. They could dig some water wells and some Paliwogs would come in and blow 'em up. Futile, what?

 

[RoccoR]

Hossfly, Victory67, et al,

I'm not sure what the question is here.

Since when do Occupied people require permission from the Occupier to drill water wells?

Such a Colonialist attitude.

You have it all wrong, Sis. They could dig some water wells and some Paliwogs would come in and blow 'em up. Futile, what?

(COMMENT)

Other than the very typical building and zoning permits, that nearly every local government requires in the civilized world, nothing (I am aware of) prohibits the local Palestinians from forging a network of private, non-profit and local, government community-based organizations that help families and individuals achieve and maintain self-sufficiency, manage their home energy and utility needs and upgrade/rehab housing, agricultural, and business properties.

For nearly half a century, the Palestinians have been extremely slow in the development of land and property enhancements.

Now, are there points at which have critical issues. Yes, and most certainly on is water. We even have such issue in the US. The confrontational attitude between the belligerents has not helped. But there is clearly a need for a central regional organization [a polished Joint Water Committee (JWC)] that can assess the resources at hand, the needs of today, and the projected needs in the future, so that a planning commission can address that data and resolved those issues.

Now, having said that, have the Israelis been helpful. No! But then neither have the National Water Council (NWC) or the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA). While clearly there is some blame to be laid at the feet of the Israeli's, the Palestinians still owe for the damage done by their own leadership. The West Bank Mountain Aquifer captures more from rainfall than does London. Additionally, the Palestinians have not really invested any significant amount in the development of Water and Sanitation Projects including the Jordan and Israel projects working to make the water desalination in the Dead Sea project available. On such project is to build a large desalination plant in on the Gulf of Aqaba, using water from the Red Sea and convert it to drinking water.

But you will notice that these are external initiatives, that is - project that will ultimately help the Palestinian - but have no significant contributions from the Palestinian.

In a rare display of regional cooperation, representatives of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement on Monday to build a Red Sea-Dead Sea water project that is meant to benefit all three parties.

The project addresses two problems: the acute shortage of clean fresh water in the region, especially in Jordan, and the rapid contraction of the Dead Sea. A new desalination plant is to be built in Aqaba, Jordan, to convert salt water from the Red Sea into fresh water for use in southern Israel and southern Jordan — each would get eight billion to 13 billion gallons a year. The process produces about the same amount of brine as a waste product; the brine would be piped more than 100 miles to help replenish the already very saline Dead Sea.

SOURCE: NYT By ISABEL KERSHNER Published: December 9, 2013

Yes, there is a water issue. Yes, the Israelis have been less than cooperative. But the Palestinian still deserves some responsibility for the shortage. The must be convinced that helping themselves is ultimately more prosperous than continuing conflict.

Just My Thought...

Most Respectfully,
R