Rationing polluted water has become the sole survival option for Palestinians in light of Israel’s starvation tactics. Here’s how Tel Aviv has long weaponised water in its war on Gaza.
A Palestinian woman washes clothes at her house in the southern Gaza March 21, 2021/ Photo: Reuters Archive
"How will I be able to make their bottles if we don't have access to clean drinking water?" Munim tells Israel briefly restored water supply to the southern part of Gaza for three hours on Monday. Still, according to the UN relief agency in Gaza, this provision only reached 14 percent of the population.
"What's happening here is that we are viewed as subhumans, and the international community is enabling Israel by supporting it politically and militarily and by every possible means," Zayneb al Shalalfeh, a water practitioner at Palestinian Women Water Practitioners Network, tellsAl Shalalfeh explains that the current water production capacity stands at a mere five percent of the typical daily output, and it continues to decline.
The availability of bottled water in the market could be much higher. The cost of bottled water has surged significantly, making it unaffordable for the average Gaza family.Historically, taking control of water and seizing it has been a tactic for colonisers to drive people from their land. This strategy has been used in the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967.
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