In the West Bank, some 313,000 Palestinians across 113 communities are not connected to a water network and are considered at high risk of water scarcity. Approximately 50,000 Palestinians in 151 communities live on less than 20 litres per capita daily, which is the minimum amount recommended by the World Health Organisation for “short-term survival” in emergency and disaster situations. In stark contrast, the more than 500,000 Israeli settlers residing in settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, consume approximately six times more water than the Palestinian population of almost 2.6 million. In the Gaza Strip, more than 1.6 million Palestinians have only one source of water available (the Coastal Aquifer), 90-95 per cent of which is unfit for human consumption.
Press Release
http://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/targets/united-nations/684-unequal-access-to-water-in-the-opt-al-haqs-ten-day-focus-on-palestinian-water-rights
Water Factsheet #1: Geography and Hydrology of Water Resources in the OPT
- 5 pages http://www.alhaq.org/images/stories/PDF/2012/Al%20Haq%20-factsheet%20_no_1_Geography%20and%20Hydrology_66.2013.pdf
Water Factsheet #2: Unequal Access to Water in the OPT - 5 pages
http://www.alhaq.org/images/stories/PDF/2012/factsheet_no_2_Israel's-Exercise-of-Sovereign-Rights-over-Water-Resources.pdf
Water Factsheet #3: Israel's Policies to Maintain Water Hegemony in the OPT - 5 pages
http://www.alhaq.org/images/stories/PDF/2012/Factsheet_no_3_Israels-Policies-to-Maintain-Hegemony.pdf
Water Factsheet #4: International Law and Water in the OPT - 6 pages
http://www.alhaq.org/images/stories/PDF/2012/factsheet_no_4_Legal_Analaysis.pdf
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