Israeli settlements aggravate Palestine’s water crisis, says PWA head

Israeli settlements aggravate Palestine’s water crisis, says PWA head

AMMAN — Head of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) Mazen Ghoneim said that the “unprecedented” and “rapid” increase in the number of Israeli settlements in Palestine is compounding the water crisis. 

“The location of the settlements, which are established over stolen Palestinian lands, is strategically chosen by the Israeli occupation to be near underground and surface water resources, which makes achieving water security impossible,” he said in an interview with The Jordan Times on Wednesday. 

Israel controls over 85 per cent of Palestinian water resources, according to Ghoneim.