Al-Monitor
MiddleEast · 12 mins ago
The Palestinian freshwater springs being seized by Israeli settlers
By Pesha Magid
FASAYIL, West Bank, Aug 14 (Reuters) - On a searing summer day, Israeli settlers splashed in a West Bank pool created by siphoning off water that had irrigated Palestinian crops, one of many seizures of water resources across the occupied territory.
The spring served as a lifeline for the nearby village of Fasayil in the fertile Jordan Valley, where Palestinians have relied on it for generations for food, employment and to supplement irregular Israeli supplies to their domestic…
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