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A Palestinian activist collects water as an Israeli military patrol monitors activity in the Jordan Valley protest village of Ein Hijleh, West Bank, February 6, 2014. As part of its Melh Al-Ard (Salt of the Earth) campaign, the Palestinian Popular Struggle Coordination Committee began on Friday January 31 to restore and occupy abandoned homes in Ein Hijleh to protest the ongoing Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Far from the public eye, Palestinian villages are being dried out

Qarawat Bani Hassan, a Palestinian village in the West Bank water shortage since Israel’s national water company decided to reduce its supply. This past July, Israeli activists visited the village and heard first-hand how the residents cope.

By Social TV August 19, 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

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

WATCH: Jordan Valley settlements drying up Palestinian water supply

How can it be that settlements have a constant supply of fresh, clean water, while adjacent Palestinian villages suffer from severe droughts? In the Jordan Valley, settlement agriculture remains prosperous, while critically undercutting water and land resources belonging to the Palestinian villages. Many of these villages exist on just 40% of the World Health Organization’s…

By Social TV December 12, 2013

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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

Price tag reprisals in Hebron

This article originally appeared on the Electronic Intifada. The Palestinian families which live along Route 60 in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank have no recourse when settlers attack. The area is under full Israeli civil and military control, leaving the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority relatively helpless in dealing with problems caused by…

By Joseph Dana September 6, 2010

Settlers attack as Palestinian villagers try to secure water in the south Hebron hills

Israel and the West Bank are experiencing record temperatures this week. The heat always brings the issue of water access to the forefront of Palestinian minds in the South West Bank. The issue of water inArea C of the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank is a major one. Because the area is under…

By Joseph Dana August 19, 2010