Water Crisis
In 1967, Israel seized control of all water resources in the newly occupied territories. Israel retains exclusive control over all the water resources between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, except for a small section of the coastal aquifer in the Gaza Strip. Israel uses the water as it sees fit, ignoring the needs of Palestinians in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, subjecting them to a mostly man-made water shortage. Neither area is supplied enough water. In Gaza, even the water that is supplied is substandard and not potable.
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al-Jaba', Bethlehem District: Dozens of settlers raided the village, attacked residents and homes with stones, injured a toddler, threw Molotov cocktails into houses, and vandalized and set vehicles and property on fire
Fire that the settlers lit in the village. Image courtesy of the residents.
On Monday, 17 November 2025, after the military uncharacteristically evacuated one outpost out of the roughly 350 outposts Israel has established across…
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Since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, Israel has acted in a coordinated and deliberate manner to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip, committing genocide against its residents. In light of Israel’s actions in Gaza, the public statements made by Israeli decision-makers, and the international community’s failure to take effective action, there is a serious risk that the Israeli regime will expand the genocide to other areas under its control—first and foremost, the West Bank.
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