Call it racism, call it Israeli hospitality. A disgraceful report from the World Bank, showing that Israel is violating its agreements with the Palestinian Authority on fair share of water use, taking 50 percent more than it's authorized to do. And of course, Israelis have 4-5 times as much water as Palestinians have access to.
The World Bank
study found that Palestinians from lower socio-economic strata who are
connected to the PA's central water supply spend 8% of their household
budget on water, which is twice the globally-accepted standard. Those
who are not connected spend as much as one-sixth and even more of their
household budget on water.
The study also found that the impact of the water
shortage on the Palestinian agricultural sector was severe, estimating
that it had caused a loss of up to 10% of the PA's Gross Domestic Product, and 110,000 jobs.
