July 10, 2012
Water torture
Gideon Levy in Haaretz:
The Civil Administration is supposed to take care of the people's needs. But it does not stop at the most despicable measure - depriving people and livestock of water in the scathing summer heat - to implement Israel's strategic goal: to drive them from their lands and purge the valley of its non-Jewish residents.
The stealing of water, whether it did or didn't take place, is of course only the excuse. Even if there was such a thing - what choice do these people have? The authorities won't allow them to connect to the water pipe running through their fields; pipes whose water is flowing to saturate the settlers' green vineyards and fields.
More here.
Posted by S. Abbas Raza at 07:32 AM | Permalink
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The Haaretz link takes you to a subscriber/register/login request. Gideon Levy is one of the best reads on the site. It's a drag Haaretz is restricting access to content that used to be there at a click. But in this case worth the effort.
Posted by: j_93 | Jul 12, 2012 12:51:52 AM
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