'Thirst for Life: Equal Access to Water for Palestinians in Area C'

In the framework of Combatants for Peace's Water campaign, a discussion on the unequal access to water in West Bank's Area C with
- Nada Majdalani, Palestinian Director of EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East
- Dror Etkes, Founder of Kerem Navot (Navot’s Vineyard), researcher and expert documenting the development of settlements and Israeli policy in the West Bank
- Fatma Nawaja, Resident of the South Hebron Hills

How do you live when you have no running water in your home? Why and how is Israel drying out the Palestinians? How does the climate crisis affect access to water in the West Bank, and what does the future hold for us?
Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in Area C in the occupied West Bank lack regular access to water. These are areas under full Israeli control, and the Israeli army does not permit the Palestinians to build new water systems or repair existing infrastructure. Israel also denies Palestinians access to their traditional water sources such as wells and cisterns, bans the harvesting of rainwater, while helping the Israeli settlers take over the springs.
The most urgent situation today exists in the dozens villages that are completely disconnected from the water supply. Their residents, who are among the poorest in the area, are forced to purchase water at exorbitant prices and transport it in water trailers. The Israeli army regulates this transport, only allowing delivery on certain days, and in addition, confiscates the water trailers.