Some GOOD News~

“Two water desalination plants funded by the Chinese gov't opened this month in a poor Palestinian village in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, allowing the villagers instant access to free clean water.

…’This is a joyful day for my family and we can now get drinking water instantly and for free. We no longer need to wait for trucks selling filtered drinking water,’said Abu Gouda, a father of 12, as he observed his kids filling a small water container from the new plant in front of his home.

The 50-year-old farmer said the residents of the village suffered for years from lack of access to clean water.”

Palestinians Benefit From China-Funded Desalination Plants

A Palestinian man works at a China-funded water desalination plant in al-Naser village in the Gaza Strip’s southern border town of Rafah, on Jan. 8, 2020. Source: Xinhua/Rizek Abdeljawad

You don't have to be a baseball fan...

This piece about Major League Baseball cancelling Roger Waters’ Tour Promotions contains an excellent video on the water crisis in Palestine. Note: it is easy to share the video on your FB page.

MLB to Cancel Roger Waters’ Tour Promotions Over BDS Support

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How Israel Uses Water as a Weapon

The Alliance’s Fact: How to kill a West Bank village

This week, the Israeli military once again destroyed pipelines that supplied irrigation water to the West Bank village of Bardala. The village depends on agriculture for its main source of income. 

Bardala was already suffering water shortage, due to Israel’s refusal to provide it with more than 100 cubic meters of water/hr. (The necessary minimum is 240.) 

Before Israel’s occupation of Palestine, Bardala’s wells provided more than sufficient water.

In 1974, Israel and its water company, Mekorot, closed Bardala’s wells, demanded the village’s residents pay to receive water from their own springs, and built several deep wells on Bardala's lands for use by Israelis only.

In 2006, Mekorot further reduced Bardala’s water supply by 75%. 

In 2017, Israel bulldozed Bardala’s rebuilt water outlets and destroyed 168 meters of pipelines to farms.

A month later, Israeli soldiers shot at the village's peaceful Right to Water march of 500 people.

'Judaizing' the Negev

Israel has planted the lands around Al-Arakib in the Negev desert with swiftly-growing, water-greedy eucalyptus trees so Al-Arakib residents cannot graze their animals there - and has now destroyed their village for the 174th time...this is ethnic cleansing against people who hold Israeli citzenship but are not Jews.

Army Demolishes Al-Arakib Village For 174Th Time