{"id":2660,"date":"2021-02-03T11:47:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2021-02-03T11:50:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:50:16","slug":"israeli-water-apartheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?p=2660","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Water Apartheid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I read a huge number of papers, articles and watched a number of videos.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Background reading and videos to Israeli water Apartheid Water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amnesty International <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/campaigns\/2017\/11\/the-occupation-of-water\/\">The Occupation of Water | Amnesty International<\/a> 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TROUBLED WATERS \u2013 PALESTINIANS DENIED FAIR ACCESS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/download\/Documents\/48000\/mde150272009en.pdf\">TO WATER<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/download\/Documents\/48000\/mde150272009en.pdf\">Microsoft\nWord &#8211; MDE 15 027 2009 Troubled Waters ENGLISH dr layout 181109.doc\n(amnesty.org)<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Haq Palestinian legal support. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alhaq.org\/publications\/8073.html\">Water For One People Only: Discriminatory Access and \u2018Water-Apartheid\u2019 in the OPT (alhaq.org)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jordanvalleysolidarity.org\/reports\/al-haq-sumoud\/\">https:\/\/jordanvalleysolidarity.org\/reports\/al-haq-sumoud\/<\/a>\nVery moving film from northern Jordan Valley 2018 13 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195880\/\">EWASH report 2011 (and Al Haq)<\/a>   https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195880\/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adala \u2013 The Legal\nCenter for Arab Minority Rights in Israel  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced a\nnewsletter on Israel restricting water for Arabs in Naqab\/Negev in\n2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adalah<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adalah.org\/uploads\/oldfiles\/newsletter\/eng\/nov06\/adel.pdf\">Microsoft\nWord &#8211; Adel.doc (adalah.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still fighting for\nwater for Palestinians last year \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adalah.org\/en\/content\/view\/10033\">Israel\ncharges Bedouin living in unrecognized Naqab villages the highest\nwater prices in the country &#8211; Adalah<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xunD5IgGFyc\">MEKOROT:\nAN APARTHEID ADVENTURE &#8211; YouTube<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apartheid\nAdventures\n\u2013 Very\npowerful\nportrayal of water in West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan Valley\nSolidarity Campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-jordan-valley-solidarity\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Htj00wX1wM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jordanvalleysolidarity.org\/videos\/ewash-video-farming-without-water-palestinian-agriculture-in-the-jordan-valley\/\">EWASH video: Farming Without Water. Palestinian Agriculture in the Jordan Valley<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;EWASH video: Farming Without Water. Palestinian Agriculture in the Jordan Valley&#8221; &#8212; Jordan Valley Solidarity\" src=\"https:\/\/jordanvalleysolidarity.org\/videos\/ewash-video-farming-without-water-palestinian-agriculture-in-the-jordan-valley\/embed\/#?secret=FOMMAUY9ou#?secret=Htj00wX1wM\" data-secret=\"Htj00wX1wM\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jordanvalleysolidarity.org\/videos\/video-water-situation-in-the-jordan-valley-homsa-and-fasayel\/\">Video:\nWater situation in the Jordan valley (Homsa and Fasayel) &#8211; Jordan\nValley Solidarity<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\nShoruq\nOrganization\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uZV38xgBS0M\">Water\nCrisis in Palestinian Refugee Camps | Water Apartheid in the West\nBank &#8211; YouTube<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stop the Wall\nProduced a fact sheet in 2020 \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthewall.org\/resources\/factsheet-cutting-lifeline-stop-annexation-palestinian-water\/\">Factsheet:\nCutting the lifeline &#8211; Stop the annexation of Palestinian water &#8211;\nStop The Wall<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopthewall.org\/2020\/07\/30\/israeli-apartheid-jordan-valley-abu-saqr-and-his-family-arrested-charges-access-water\/\">Israeli\nApartheid in the Jordan Valley: Abu Saqr and his family arrested on\ncharges to access water &#8211; Stop The Wall<\/a>  Report of arrests for\n\u201cTheft of water\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace Now \u2013\nIsraeli Peace organisation.  Produced a good factsheet in 2017 on the\nJordan Valley process of annexation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/JordanValleyEng.pdf\">JordanValleyEng.pdf\n(peacenow.org.il)<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B\u2019tselem Israeli\nhuman rights organisation produced  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.btselem.org\/water\">Water\nCrisis | B&#8217;Tselem<\/a> 11 Nov 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISM International\nSolidarity Movement produced a factsheet in 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/palsolidarity.org\/2016\/06\/qarawah-water-apartheid\/\">Qarawah\nwater apartheid \u2013 International Solidarity Movement\n(palsolidarity.org)<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli Committee\nAgainst Demolitions factsheet 2016 \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icahd.org\/2016\/03\/21\/water-is-life-and-clean-water-means-health\/\">Water\nis life &#8211; World Water Day 2016 (icahd.org)<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ecologist\nproduced a factsheet 2014  <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/425099427\">Agricultural\nApartheid: Land &amp; Water on Vimeo<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theecologist.org\/2014\/mar\/22\/water-apartheid-palestine-crime-against-humanity\">Water\napartheid in Palestine &#8211; a crime against humanity? (theecologist.org)<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN has published numerous reports <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2012\/03\/406722-seizure-springs-settlers-greatly-limits-palestinian-access-water-un-report#.UyxbKvl_ufc\">this one was in 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is in general the situation including water <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/Documents\/HRBodies\/HRCouncil\/RegularSession\/Session19\/FFM\/FFMSettlements.pdf\">https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/Documents\/HRBodies\/HRCouncil\/RegularSession\/Session19\/FFM\/FFMSettlements.pdf<\/a> (Facts gathered from 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global Policy Forum\ngave a view in 2006 that Israel provoked the war in Syria in order to\nobtain its water.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/the-dark-side-of-natural-resources-st\/water-in-conflict\/40375.html\">Breaching\nBorders: The Role of Water (globalpolicy.org)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/the-dark-side-of-natural-resources-st\/water-in-conflict\/40375.html\">Breaching\nBorders: The Role of Water (globalpolicy.org)<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friends of the earth\nproduced a fourteen page factsheet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foei.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Water-injustice-in-Palestine.pdf\">Water-injustice-in-Palestine.pdf\n(foei.org)<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foei.org\/news\/friends-of-the-earth-international-statement-on-water-apartheid-in-palestine\">Friends\nof the Earth International statement on water apartheid in Palestine\n&#8211; Friends of the Earth International (foei.org)<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE PLO Produced a\nstatement about Israeli water Apartheid in 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nad.ps\/en\/publication-resources\/faqs\/occasion-international-water-day-2017-israeli-apartheid-case-water\">On\nthe Occasion of the International Water Day 2017: Israeli Apartheid,\nThe Case of Water | NAD<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Electronic\nIntafada in 2017 carried an article on Israeli water Apartheid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/adri-nieuwhof\/israel-worlds-leading-practitioner-water-apartheid\">Israel\nis world\u2019s leading practitioner of water apartheid | The Electronic\nIntifada<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IInternational\nMiddle East Media Center carried\nan article on Israeli water apartheid in\n2017ional\nMiddle East Media Center\nInternational\nMiddle East dia <a href=\"https:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/how-israel-engages-in-water-apartheid\/\">How\nIsrael Engages In \u2018Water Apartheid\u2019 \u2013 \u2013 IMEMC News<\/a> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Jazeera produced\nthis film in 2018 showing destruction of Palestinian water pump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Israel control of Palestinian water supply hits farmers | Al Jazeera English\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sJw51KZnJmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2014\/3\/30\/israels-water-miracle-that-wasnt\"> article<\/a> in 2014  Israeli water miracle that wasn&#8217;t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sJw51KZnJmk\">film<\/a> in 2018 &nbsp;Israel control of Palestinian water supply hits farmers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OXFAM  produced a pamphlet in 2012 describing the theft of Palestinian land and <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com\/bitstream\/handle\/10546\/232131\/bp160-jordan-valley-settlements-050712-en.pdf\">water<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haaretz had an article showing JNF complicity in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israel-planning-three-new-settlements-in-jordan-valley-1.5629176\">developing settlements in <\/a>Jordan Valley  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sJw51KZnJmk\">??\n?? Israel control of Palestinian water supply hits farmers | Al\nJazeera English &#8211; YouTube<\/a> \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read a huge number of papers, articles and watched a number of videos. Here are some of them. Background reading and videos to Israeli water Apartheid Water Amnesty International The Occupation of Water | Amnesty International 2017 TROUBLED WATERS \u2013 PALESTINIANS DENIED FAIR ACCESS TO WATER Microsoft Word &#8211; MDE 15 027 2009 Troubled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?p=2660\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Israeli Water Apartheid<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,42,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dicks-blog","category-pauls-blog","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2660"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2662,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions\/2662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}