Gideon Levy, one of Israel’s best journalists, just published an article in Haaretz newspaper exposing the Israeli practice of confiscating water containers from Palestinians and Bedouins in the Jordan Valley. I thank Sam Bahour of ePalestine for bringing the article to my attention. Since we’re on the topic of water, I thought it would be helpful to direct your attention to the article, which even I found quite shocking. Can human beings really deny other human beings the water they need to drink in order to live? Well, after you read the article, watch this short, excellent video on +972, produced by an Israeli NGO, about the water shortage in Al-Dik, a Palestinian village.
In fact, these types of injustices happen all the time and they are documented, in Hebrew and English, in the Israeli and international press by both Israeli and international journalists. So, Israelis can’t say they don’t know what’s going on, and neither can we.
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The article you mentioned already had me disgusted and infuriated at the injustice of it all. Then, the video just hammered home how hard Israel appears to be working to make conditions so untenable for the Palestinians that they will somehow just “give up” and move away! If any American or Israeli had to make due on 23 liters of water a day, things would quickly get taken care of, I guarantee it!
It continues to amaze me how much injustice Palestinians put up with and for how long. When they call it “steadfastness” it seems a good thing, like endurance and hope. But after all these decades, one wonders if it’s not mere depression and paralysis. There needs to be some activity both from within and from the international community to change the status quo. Of course the best possible activity would come from Israelis themselves.