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Israeli Settlers Divert Palestinian Spring Water for West Bank Pool
Israeli Settlers Divert Palestinian Spring Water for West Bank Pool
Israeli settlers have diverted water from a spring in the West Bank to fill a tourist pool, NDTV reports. The spring served as a lifeline for Fasayil, a village in the fertile…
The Story in Brief
Israeli settlers have diverted water from a spring in the West Bank to fill a tourist pool, NDTV reports. The spring served as a lifeline for Fasayil, a village in the fertile Jordan Valley. Palestinians there have depended on it for generations for food and employment, while also using it to supplement irregular Israeli supplies to household taps.
The Indian Opinion
The story should not be reduced to a simple tourism dispute. The reported issue is access to a basic resource that supports food, work and household needs in Fasayil. At the same time, the available account gives no figures on the diverted volume, the pool’s ownership or the impact on village supplies. Those facts should determine the scale of the grievance and the response.
Source: ndtv.com
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