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A young Palestinian boy from the West Bank village of Fasayil, Jordan valley, seen walking with a water pipe in the village. May 14, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

How Israel is drying out Palestinians in the Jordan Valley

Next door to the plush Israeli settlements of the Jordan Valley live small Bedouin communities who must struggle for even the smallest bit of water. By Eitan Kalinski More than 90 percent of the West Bank’s Jordan Valley region are Palestinians. Less than 10 percent are Israeli settlers. Yet when it comes to water distribution, it…

By +972 Magazine August 16, 2016

Palestinians and international activists connect a water pipe to Palestinian families' homes in Fasayil, Jordan Valley, August 17, 2013. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Activists show solidarity with parched Bedouin village

Israel’s National Water Company, Mekorot, supplies water to Israeli settlements in Area C of the West Bank while Palestinians are denied access to wells and pipes that run through their land. Watch Israeli and international activists show solidarity with Bedouin living on the edge of the village of Fasayil in the Jordan Valley.

By Social TV August 14, 2016