palestinian access to water

Palestinian workers seen harvesting squash at a field near Moshav Masua, in the Jordan Valley, by the Israeli-Jordanian border. January 08, 2017. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90

From heat waves to ‘eco-apartheid’: Climate change in Israel-Palestine

While Israel's nascent climate justice movement tries to get the public's attention, Palestinians under occupation remain the most vulnerable to the dangerous effects of climate change. Due to the existing power imbalance, however, working together to combat it seems next to impossible.

By +972 Magazine August 8, 2019

An Israeli settler mows the lawn in the settlement of Susya in the south Hebron Hills, May 25, 2009. (photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Using stolen water to irrigate stolen land

Settlers are trying to spin water shortages as a problem that affects both Palestinians and Jews in the same manner. That couldn’t be further from the truth. By Dror Etkes The recent reports on water crisis in Palestinian areas of the West Bank were accompanied by a story of another water shortage: this time in…

By +972 Magazine July 16, 2016

Palestinian child carries water gallon in Qarawat Bani Hassan village, West Bank, May 23, 2015. According to the municipal council of Qarawat Bani Hassan the portion of a each villager has decreased to two litters per day as the village receive only 97 Cubic meter per hour. The municipal council said the Israeli authorities did not provide the village with answers regarding the situation. Ahmad al-Bazz / Activestills.org

West Bank village wakes up to no water

The municipal council of Qarawat Bani Hassan was not warned that their water supply was going to be nearly shut off for days, and attempts to get answers from Israel, through the Palestinian Authority, did not bear any fruit. Text and photos by: Ahmad al-Bazz / Activestills.org Last Wednesday, without any prior warning, the majority…

By Activestills May 26, 2015

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A Palestinian woman carries a bucket of water. (photo: Activestills)

A West Bank water crisis for Palestinians only

When Israel’s national water company operates more than 40 wells in the West Bank, appropriates Palestinian water resources and controls the valves, is it any surprise that priority is given to Israeli settlements? By Stephanie Westbrook Qarawat Bani Zeid is a small Palestinian town of 3,500 north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. There are no…

By +972 Magazine November 22, 2014

[op-ed] Israelis, stop swimming in our shit

A new report by Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network details the damage that consecutive Israeli military assaults have caused to Gaza’s water systems, whereby 95 percent of the water consumed in the Strip for decades has been unfit for human consumption. By Sam Bahour Palestinians in Gaza are starting to wake up from the shell-shock of Israel’s 51-day Ramadan…

By +972 Magazine September 5, 2014

Construction workers in the Gaza Strip (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

‘Israel wants us to be dependent on aid’: Gaza’s economy under siege

The Israeli and Egyptian blockade on Gaza has led to ever-rising unemployment, construction skidding to a halt and water is becoming scarcer than ever. By Avi Blecherman Last week the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics published its most recent unemployment data in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The unemployment rate in Gaza jumped…

By +972 Magazine June 4, 2014

Palestinians pray outside Al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli police limited access to the mosque for young worshipers to prevent possible clashes, Ras al-Amud, East Jerusalem, March 14, 2014. (photo: Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Prayer, protests, and arrests in the streets

This week: Behind the wall in East Jerusalem, praying in the street outside Al-Aqsa, rude gestures from an Egged bus, fighters’ remains return to Nablus, unions on the march in South Africa, African immigrants seek visas in Israel, youth arrested at Damascus Gate, remembering Rachel Corrie, and a Gaza doctor denied entry …

By Activestills March 20, 2014

A resident of Ras Shehada plugs the building's pipe to a pump to help the water pressure, East Jerusalem, March 15, 2014. The family of nine, living in the Ras Shehada neighborhood has been going 10 days without running water. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: 13 days without water in East Jerusalem

The East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ras Shehada, Ras Khamis, Dahyat A’salam and the Shuafat refugee camp, which are cut off from the rest of the city by the separation wall, have gone without running water since March 4. Text: Ryan Rodrick Beiler, Photos: Tali Mayer, Keren Manor, Shiraz Grinbaum / Activestills.org Locals say that Ras Shehada has had…

By Activestills March 17, 2014

A Palestinian woman carries a bucket of water. (photo: Activestills)

WATCH: Water shortages plague West Bank villages

Disruptions in Israeli water supplies often earns bold headlines in the Israeli media. But when Palestinian communities are cut off from the water supply for days or weeks on end, it doesn’t make the news. And while the Israeli government often supplies Israeli settlements with an infrastructure that guarantees water access, Palestinians must store their…

By Social TV September 26, 2013

President Obama: When in the Middle East, walk on water

If President Obama plans on trying to kickstart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process during his visit this week, he should reframe the process. Tackling the toughest issues first, such as Jerusalem, has proven to only prolong the stalemate. Why not start with water? By Oded Eran and Gidon Bromberg The Israeli-Palestinian political process has been stalled for too…

By +972 Magazine March 17, 2013

Visualizing Occupation: Distribution of Water

Israel controls the access to water from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Its disproportionate allocation of water, the settlements’ takeover of natural springs, and the prohibition against maintaining and constructing water cisterns in the West Bank without Israeli permits make water a sparse commodity for Palestinians. This illustration is the sixth in a series of infographics on Palestinian civilian life…

By +972 Resources July 1, 2012