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Report charts Israeli policy of water deprivation in West Bank


Source: B'Tselem

B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories have published a new report documenting Israel's policy of depriving Palestinian communities across the West Bank, of water.

The executive summary shows that:

- Israelis, including those living in settlements, use an average of 247 litres of water a day per person - three times the quantity used by Palestinians in the West Bank, which amounts to 82.4 litres a person. In Palestinian communities that are not hooked up to the water grid, average daily water consumption is a mere 26 litres per person, much like the average in disaster zones.

- 92% of Palestinians in the West Bank store water in tanks on their rooftops to counter the chronic water shortage.

- In total, Israelis consumed 10 times the amount of water consumed by Palestinians in the West Bank in 2020 - although the Israeli population is only three times larger.

To read the full report and see a video visit: www.btselem.org/publications/202305_parched

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