Why does Israel apply discrimination policies with water distribution to the Pals in the occupied land?

Question

Read this article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7483172.stm

These poor people are under occupation since 1967. Why should they be treated that way while everyone else in Israel is enjoying freah and clean waters?. Is it because Israel is the land of Democracy, equality and fairness? Or is it racism?

Answer 1

This is just the Jewish typical way of conduct!!

SHAME ON THEM, they call themselves ''God chosen''!!?!

Their hypocrisy STINKS to h**l!

''What goes around, comes around''!

Answer 2

The jews think that they can break the spirit of the Palestinians this way.

They use whatever means they have, even if this is considered by the civilized world :  a "War Crime".

The result is exactly the opposite, they make them stronger and more determined to free their land.

bye bye

Answer 3

with peace will come clean water.

suffer  on?

Answer 4

I have seen it happen that one bad well ruins a whole ground system and wells for miles around.  It is easy.

You can't just drill more wells because you have room in the yard.  They need to be limited in some areas to not deplete the ground sources.

There are many reasons to limit this.  This article totally leaves that out.

Answer 5

In the years immediately following the 1967 war, water resources for the West Bank improved considerably. The water system in the southern Hebron region, for instance, was expanded. New wells were drilled near Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarm. More than 60 towns in the West Bank were given new water supply systems, or had antiquated ones upgraded by the Israeli administration in the territories.

In the late 1970's and early 1980's, however, the Middle East suffered from one of the worst droughts in modern history. Water in the Jordan River and Sea of Galilee dropped to critical levels. The situation deteriorated further at the beginning of the 1990's and has continued to be a problem in the new millennium.

Under these conditions, the Israeli government restricted the drilling of new wells on the West Bank. It had little choice because the West Bank and Israel share the same water table, and the drawing off of fresh water resources could promote saline water seepage.

Arab farmers on the West Bank are served by approximately 100 springs and 300 wells — many dug decades ago and now overutilized. Restrictions on over-exploitation of shallow wells were meant to prevent seepage or total depletion of saline water. Some wells were dug so that Jewish villages could tap new, deep aquifers never before used. These water pools as a rule do not draw from the shallower Arab sources.

At the end of 1991, a conference was scheduled in Turkey to discuss regional water problems. The meeting was torpedoed by Syria. The Syrians, Jordanians and Palestinians all boycotted the multilateral talks in Moscow in January 1992, which included a working group on water issues.

Following the Oslo agreements, Palestinians were more interested in cooperating on water issues. At the meeting of the multilateral working group in Oman in April 1994, an Israeli proposal to rehabilitate and make more efficient water systems in medium-sized communities (in the West Bank/Gaza, Israel and elsewhere in the region) was endorsed. About the same time, a Palestinian Water Authority was created as called for in the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles.

In November 1994, the working group met in Greece and the Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians agreed to begin discussion on principles or guidelines for cooperation on water issues. Further progress was made on a variety of issues during the 1995 meeting in Amman and the 1996 meeting in Tunisia. The working groups have not met since.

Israel has not cut the amount of water allocated to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and is planning to examine the possibility of increasing it despite the cut in water allocations within Israel and the requirement of supplying considerable amounts of water to Jordan as mandated by the peace treaty.

In contrast to claims by the Palestinian side, Israel did not even determine the amount of water to be supplied to the territories. The amount was specified in negotiations between the two sides, with the Americans participating. By the consent of both parties, the amount of water was increased relative to the situation prior to the Interim Agreement. Similarly, a formula was decided upon for increasing the water allocation gradually over the interim period.

The negotiations also led to agreements defining the number of wells that Israel is obligated to dig, and the number the PA and international bodies are obligated to dig. Cooperation on issues of sewage and environment were also defined. It was further decided that jurisdiction over water would be transferred to the Palestinians in the framework of the transfer of civil powers, and that the water situation would be supervised by joint monitoring teams

Israel has fulfilled all of her obligations under the Interim Agreement. The water quota agreed upon, and more, is being supplied. Jurisdiction over water was transferred completely and on time, and Israel approved the additional digging of wells. Israel and the PA carry out joint patrols to locate cases of water theft and other water-related problems.

The water issue for the Palestinians actually has little to do with Israel. According to the U.S. Agency for International Development, “The West Bank and Gaza suffer from a chronic water shortage, preventing sustained economic growth and negatively impacting the environment and health of Palestinians. The little water available is inefficiently used.” The analysis adds that “Palestinian ground water supplies have increasingly become polluted as a result of inadequate sewage treatment and over-pumping of wells. Untreated sewage is dumped in valleys and the Mediterranean Sea, decreasing the quality of the already inadequate groundwater supply, and polluting the soil, sea, and coastline.

Answer 6

Well, let me guess. G-d gave that water to the Jews?

Answer 7

They don't look thirsty to me.  

Just because they are squatting on land doesn't mean they have the water rights to reservoirs under it.

This isn't racist, it is the fact that Israel is undivided and despite "Palestinian" efforts to eradicate it, it will remain undivided.  All of it... from Jordan river to the Med. Sea.  Israel supports people in all of its land, like I said, they don't look thirsty to me.  In fact the bulldozer terrorist even had a decent job in Jerusalem, so people need to stop acting like owning the place and wanting to fight all the time and be more grateful in order.

It isn't nor ever will be Palestinian land therefore not Palestinian water.  Israel is in rightful possession and all resources attached to it... from the Jordan river to the Med. Sea.

Palestinian people don't exist anyways... you just got things all wrong:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism. For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa. While as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan." -- PLO Executive Committee member Zuhayr Muhsin, March 31, 1977, interview with the Dutch newspaper Trouw."

Answer 8

Those 'poor pals' are the occupiers of Israeli land should go back to their respective Arabic countries.Egypt,Jordon,Saudi Arabia,Lebanon,ie...Seriously doubt they'd be accepted since the majority are trouble makers...

Israel is a democracy & has Muslim Knesset/Parliment members who hate Israel..They should be expelled to an Islamist country.. Total insanity..Beginning to think Israel should be a Theocracy not bullied by other countries views..

Israel has sent water & medical supplies to the Gaza strip & in return the Gazan's bomb & send suicide bombers into Israel..So take your pals & dance along with them..And the biased BBC..

later mr. bigot

Answer 9

they also get water from the jordan river (or was it the dead sea)  but that is running out- so in one News report here in australia (it was from german tv)  they showed how the jordanians were getting buckets to wash the dishes and plants, and they used the bear minimum to do so- i didnt think u could wash with that little water

but on the israel side, they were using hoses to wash the plants.  the settlers have a strange mentality that its a God given gift to them, but the politicians are negotiating for the arabs to resupply the dead sea from the ocean (and that pipe line is going through jordan and syria or was it iraq) it was such a long time ago..sorry- last years news story.

Answer 10

Well it is certainly unfair. I don't know how you would label it. Racism? Religiousism? (made-up word)

Answer 11

Why ?  Because they can !   It's all about power !

Answer 12

Are Palestinians the first refugee population in history? Hardly. But they are surely the first refugees who, as a group, have categorically RESISTED RESETTLEMENT, instead living for decades as wards of the international community.   Indeed, in Gaza today, years after Israel renounced any territorial claims, there continue to be refugee camps. Why? Why -- other than to serve as incubators for hatred that produce recruits bent on martyrdom and mayhem -- are there Palestinian refugee camps in Palestinian territory?

http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middlee...

The trust deficit is exacerbated by the fact that after Israel quit the Gaza Strip in 2005, Palestinians, instead of building Singapore there, built Somalia and focused not on how to make microchips, but on how to make rockets to hit Israel.  Thomas Friedman

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/opinio...

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